Page 57 - Failure to Triumph - Journey of A Student

about it. If God has given you the privilege to hold a pen, he wants
you to write with it. If God has put a book in front of you, he wants
you to read it. There are a lot of people who are not blessed with the

ability to read and write. They neither have a pen nor a book. Make
use of your blessings. Put your knowledge to use. Knowledge is the
only entity in this world which can take you out of any situation and
give your life a right direction.

We have too many people around us who are very poor. Imagine the
life of- a rag picker, a sweeper, a man who cleans the drains, a
rickshaw puller, a beggar, a watchman and also someone who is

mentally retarded. It is very difficult for these people to survive in this
expensive world. They struggle to afford two meals a day. These
people cannot live a prosperous life because they do not have
enough opportunities to grow. They do not have the chance to study.
All these people want their kids to study in nice schools, but their

wish hardly gets fulfilled. When you look at people above you, you
think that you are way beneath them. But you also forget about the
people who have less than you, people who dream about getting
where you are right now. You should persevere until you achieve
success. You have to take charge of your own life and decide your
future and shape it as it pleases you. But at the same time, you must
respect and value the privileges and opportunities that you have right

at this moment.

Let us suppose, you are not a student but a farmer—would you have
then said that you do not want to go out for watering your farmlands
because you prefer not to? Would you have had convenient options
to work according to the seasons? Can you as a farmer afford to

stay in bed all day long? Remember this, even if the amount of work
done by a lot of people is same, the outcome varies from person to
person.

While an autorickshaw driver can earn only about Rs 300 to 400 a
day, a businessman can rake in lakhs of rupees in the same duration
of time. If you keep working hard, you can also get a prosperous life.

But you must remember that what you have is a golden opportunity,