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Success is all about learning from sufferings, overcoming hurdles and moving ahead The feeling of getting selected at a reputed educational institute is always overwhelming. It comes with a feeling of contentment for we think we have been able to keep up with the pace of our colleagues or counterparts who got jobs or are well settled in life. The feeling of getting a seat at some reputed institute is not just a moment's joy, but a solace for the rest of life and the shaping of a history to share with your kids and friends. It shapes the course of life and decides the content and expression, demeanour and identity of our future life. Now when someone asks you where do you study, you name the prestigious institution you belong to with pride. But the fact remains that all these yearnings come true after passing through plethora of problems. We are reminded of all these painful and anxious moments of the past. How can one forget those moments of thinking about everything and capable of affording a little. Sometimes annoyed with parents over money, feeling ignored; sometimes crying for contingency amount from the departments or sometimes planning for months together for a new jacket or shoes. That time we would think of money- an earning completely ours. Doesn’t matter how we spent it. Doesn’t matter what we did with it. Job would come with all the good in this world, we would presume. But let us finish it any ways and enjoy then comes the next instant thought. We would be free of worries, pressures and anxieties. We could buy all that is sold. Once we will clear the course, change will visit our views, ideology, appearance, language; conversation temper. We will not be any more dependent on others. We may feel as if born afresh. Overcoming all those hurdles and barriers at the end also make us feel good. We begin to think of our new identity and feel that higher education radically changes our life. We feel it will raise our spirits and build our confidence. We feel that society is finally going to call us for contribution, for the educational capital we accumulated with lots of pains and sufferings. We credit ourselves and begin to evaluate our achievements and counsel ourselves to suffer a little more for something good ahead. If education or degree is so important and has such a healthy impact on our lives, we all must be happy that we are in prestigious institutions. We all can prepare ourselves to shape up our future. Consider yourself lucky and leave no stone unturned to carve a niche in your field or subject and learn from sufferings and never panic. Go ahead and always say, ALL IS WELL. (Adfar Shah is a Ph.D Schoar at Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi and can be reached at adfer.syed@gmail.com)
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