“There are far better things ahead than any we leave behind.”
~C.S. Lewis
We were so close to winning and the tides turned rough, and we had to stop swimming. Haven’t we all applied for our dream job and worked straight on it for days to pass the trial round?
Instead of hugging the pillow at night, we slept clutching to the dream job. But due to the gap between their expectation and our competency, they sent us an email with the subject: Trail
Unsuccessful.
What do we do now?
Do we whimper sitting on the ground? Or start watching a Netflix series turning away from reality, lying to ourselves that any way we didn’t care much about the job?
But we did. Didn’t we? We loved every bit of the process from research to learning, to waiting outside the office, and the interview. In fact, we greeted the elevator man with a smile that day thinking this is the first man we will meet every day if we get the job.
And we didn’t get it.
When A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, was unsuccessful in joining the Indian Air Force, he was disheartened. Muddled with confusion and doubts, he trekked down to Rishikesh.
There he met a Swami Sivananda, and Swamiji after hearing his childlike sorrow offered an explanation, and I quote,
“Desire, when it stems from the heart and spirit, when it is pure and intense, possesses awesome electromagnetic energy. This energy is released into the ether each night, as the mind falls into the sleep state. Each morning it returns to the conscious state reinforced with the cosmic currents. That which has been imaged will surely and certainly be manifested. You can rely, young man, upon this ageless promise as surely as you can rely upon the eternally unbroken promise of sunrise… and of Spring.
Accept your destiny and go ahead with your life. You are not destined to become an air force pilot. What you are destined to become is not revealed now but it is predetermined. Forget this failure, as it was essential to lead you to your destined path. Search, instead, for the true purpose of your existence… Surrender yourself to the wish of God.”
Kalam returned to Delhi and started working on the first job he was offered. He surrendered himself and found peace of mind and unbridled happiness.
And we lost the trail. The best part is we tried. We learned something we didn’t know. And we learned what it takes to be rejected and bounce back again with the same spirit.
Never give up. Never on yourself. Never on people, you love. Never in your dreams. After all, they are yours to be protected.
Remember failure comes to teach us that we are to try harder and smarter. And learning to deal with failure in itself is a victory.
So, never give up. We are here to try and keep trying until we win.
Stay with
Prerna 🙂
