Fact File:
"Got to spend one more semester here."
Reason 1: A semester withdrawal in first year.
Reason 2: Messing up with the only first-year course that was still left, in this semester. Bunked quizzes. Virtually zero studies.
Reason 3: An attendance F in an RDL course this semester.
If there wasn't the Reason 2, I'd have been the usual whiner you know me as. But now I can't even whine! Such is life.
I shouldn't have tried for a seven semester degree. That was too much burden for my meagre academic abilities (and interests). Could've had a chill-pill right from the first year. Everybody spends eight sems after all.
Read this on Phoenix's blog some time back:
"In the end, life is not a war that you have to win. Life is just this moment, this one-fist-joy, one-fist-sorrow, this flickering hope, this affectionate pain, this paradox. They say sometimes winning is the only thing. I would like to disagree...it never ever is everything. And thank God for that. I maybe a loser, but I have what really matters and what I really need, at the end of it all. It feels great. Thanks."
I liked these lines but I didn't know what was it that I liked about that post as a whole. Now I think it's not just about a written piece, it's also about how the reader interprets it for himself. (BTW, these lines gave me a feeling of deja vu that day, and so I googled like crazy and I didn't spare any 'memorable quotes' page on IMDb. All in vain though :P )
Another line that has been coming back to my mind often these days is from the old pages of my own blog:
"My worst fears never come true. Never ever. Must thank God for that."
May 10, 2008
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I like the gratefulness, helps combat the irritation. So sorry for your extension, but then how stupid can u be to get an attendence F in RDL in ur final sem.:P Thodi classes chale jata yar...
anyway, life's still good. You still rock. And it's not the worst. It never is.
Imagine you didn't already have a problem (the summer extn) in joining IIM, and then you suddenly had an F (or two). Wouldn't that have been worse? So, whatever happens, happens for the best. It's only later that you get to know it.
(the comment might annoy you. Not meant to, though.)
You already sound cool about it. Good! Being cool is very important. Hope it'll add something to your life. All the best! :)
[Phoenix]
RDL classes lagane ke liye thode hi liya tha yar! :P
The idea of gratefulness to combat irritation is interesting.. Would try to apply in my life too.
Thanks for all the encouraging words.
[Vibhav]
Yes, I'm cool about it. Almost. Particularly because iim was not gonna happen any way (one pending course was enough to ruin it, in all prob.), aur job ke liye to zindagi padi hai! Looking forward to add something meaningful to life. Thank you :)
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