Page 120 - Failure to Triumph - Journey of A Student

you have the right footwear. Situations that are adverse, odd and
unpleasant will keep occurring every day in your life but you will have
to make yourself so strong that you do not get affected by any of

them. Tension is like a magnet—but to be an iron material or not is
up to us. Howsoever strong the magnet is, until we become an iron it
will not be able to attract us.

Media is another reason behind your mental strain.
The media channels that are running 24 hours do a lot of negative
reporting and forecasting. Will the media ever tell you that
everything is fine in the country? If that happens they will not be

required anymore. You are served such a big magnitude of negative
information all the time, that you start thinking- the world is going to
end soon. You start thinking that your studies are a very microscopic
subject; there are far bigger troubles in the world. ‘I should first
analyze the problems that are there in the world, I should first have a

debate over them with my friends, express my opinions on social
media, abuse those who do not agree with me, after that I will sit
down to study.’ Doing this will make you feel like you have
contributed in finding the solution to a global problem. You will feel
satisfied and relaxed for a moment, but the media houses will again
serve you another update on the same issue and your mental state
will go back to what it was.

Am I telling you that you should not watch news? No, if you do not
watch or read news how will you remain aware of the world around
you? You will have to learn to determine which news is important for
you and which is not. Secondly, you must follow good news channel
or watch those YouTube channels that are good in news analysis.

You should never watch loud arguments where people abuse each
other—your mental peace will go for a toss if you watch it. You will
start debating and chatting with a person who is sitting thousands of
kilometers away from you, the one who has nothing to do with your
life.

Your mind would be telling you to silence the other person, beat him

in the debate, suppress him, abuse him and what not. The sign of an