In Simla’s DAV public school, students were promoted to
class XI before the board exam results were declared. Once the results were announced,
some boys were sent back to class X. Surely; a worse form of humiliation did
not exist. However, Anupam was confident of scraping through in his class X
exams.
One day, right in the middle of the class, his father
suddenly arrived to take him to Balji’s – a restaurant the family would visit
only on special occasions. The boy wondered about the reason for the treat as
his father ordered his favourite dishes. After a delicious meal, his father
confided, “Son, you have failed your class X. This celebration was to prepare
you for failure so that you are never scared of it.”
This priceless approach was indelibly etched in Anupam Kher’s
mind. Later, it turned out that his father had seen the wrong result. Further
on, the thespian just scrapped through for his degree. Yet his life has by no
means been a failure. Rather it has been a journey of being undeterred by letdowns.
He says it so well, ‘everything turns out just right at the end, and if does
not, then you can be sure it is not the end.’
Too often, we let everyone’s opinion matter and herald the
beginning of the end. Every time, we find ourselves at a seeming dead end, we
must remind ourselves that optimism is the only way to live. Losers are not
ones who fail… losers are ones who succumb to failure and give up. Actually,
failures and failings are very much a matter of perception.
Do not let the illusion of a dead-end, make you wait
Let’s BE BETTER at crossing every failure’s gate!
- Pravin K. Sabnis
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