Thriving to dig deep into one’s aspirations, passions and
obsessions is a victory. To reach a goal or to achieve a target isn’t a full
definition of success. It is a struggle that on the one hand helps you to win
the place, on the other hand, it chips in you a relentless and ceaseless
potential of self-motivation. Struggle itself is a steering wheel that kept on
guiding, leading, and taking towards the new unconventional arenas of life. It
depends upon our own potential which makes a difference either we fight or
flight.
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When we hurriedly help our infants, toddlers, young siblings
only at their first call, we think that we are comforting them but in fact, we
are hindering their introduction to struggle. We are creating a comfort zone
for them where they can’t exercise or realize their full potential. While
struggling to overcome the hardships, confusions, sense of loss, depressions,
low morale, and above all different kinds of fears enables the young ones to
build their muscles and reflexes to act accordingly against possible future
barriers or stumbling blocks. As it not only makes one risk-proof but also
boosts one’s confidence to keep moving.
Struggle teaches us many lessons. In this time of the pandemic,
uncertainty when most of us living life from paycheque to paycheque, we need to
do extra struggle to avoid just reinventing the wheels. Even we are not able to
achieve our objective, only our struggle for its pursuance infuses strength and
solidity as our feature. It makes us more stable physically as well as
emotionally and psychologically.
“Leaders are made not born” becomes true when we turn our struggle into growth and
learning. Struggle polishes our decision power, especially when we keep on
completing our tasks and advance further. A struggle ensures us and takes us to
the untrodden paths and becomes an inspiration for others to choose tracks they
otherwise think impossible. After going through a struggle we start inspiring
people instead of merely persuading them. We know several renowned
personalities struggle in their lives after facing a number of times rejections
or dismissals from concerned strata of society but they proved themselves e.g. Walt
Disney, Abraham Lincoln, Albert Einstein, JK Rowling (Harry Potter), and Imran
Khan from the world of cricket.
The struggle is a key to the successful house of secrets towards
your dream destinations. In the world of details where physical boundaries
still can separate it but virtually confine you in a run to its full course with
more sophistication. Now you have entered a world that if you have a talent
just prove it there is no room for any excuse that life doesn’t give you a
chance. The digital world already opened lots of doors you just need to
struggle knowing your capacities. You can proliferate your energies and
strengths to get through these online wrestling matches. As Robert Frost says,
The woods are lovely, dark, and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
("Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening")
Struggle makes you fearless, you keep your memory sharp with the
phrase, “never give up”. Your attitude towards fight or flight
determines your future. One must not stick one’s struggle to some specific
goal; it should be wide-reaching and wide-ranging to get far-reaching results
and to travel extra miles as well.
This article is written by Farrukh Anjum, one of the contributors at the School of Literature.
