Your Destination is Still Far.....

This is my first post. I hope u like it.

This is a very strange but a real life story. It was the IIT techfest at IIT-B this year. I and one of my friend had gone there. we really enjoyed the whole fest. The exhibitions were simply outstanding. u can clearly make out a difference between a normal engineer and an IITian! Its not that I'm advertising but its that I'm highlighting a fact.

Every year almost 4-5lac people appear for the entrance test. But the students getting admission are very less in number. Sometimes someone has to compromise on his/her field as that student does not get the desired one! This is life.

Coming back to the story, we were totally tired after roaming around for 3-4hours. Totally exhausted! and on top of that we had to go to thane by local train at 6:30pm! With all that office rush you can very well imagine the scene! Firstly we had to head towards KANJURMARG station. From there we could catch a local train. We had very limited amount of cash which forced us to take the train. But getting to the station was another big problem! The buses were overflowing with people. No place to stand in the door. And as we were exhausted we had no energy to walk down the path!

We started looking for auto-rickshaw but had no success. People near powai must be understanding our plight! Just then an auto came out from the IIT second gate. We just casually asked for lift and we got it! The IIT professor gave us a lift. Really I can never forget that kind lady. She was heading towards vikhroli station. She agreed to drop us under the bridge. Then from there the station was hardly a few metres walk. When i took out my wallet to give and my friend's share of the tariff she gently refused it. I insisted but she denied again! She just said, "I give you my blessings. You as students just respect your teacher. May GOD bless you." When we said that we were not feeling it appropriate without paying she just said, "You have to go a long way child. YOUR DESTINATION IS STILL FAR..."

These words still echo in my ears. They had a lot of depth in them. I and my friend are one of the millions who are aspiring for IIT. While roaming in the techfest we could really feel that one has to put in loads of hard work to get there; to become an IITian! And these words threw light upon our paths. That teacher just meant that the station was far from there and we needed the money to get there. But I and my friend looked upon it differently. Those words really told us that its still a long way to go and lots of hardships are to be faced before going in IIT! Those words really instilled courage in us. We were now aware that the path ahead won't be a smooth one but the one full of ups and downs accompanied by stones and thorns. This really prepared my mind for the upcoming challenges. Those words still inspire me and help me rooted to ground. Even if I'm successful those words tell me that it isn't the last thing; there are many things yet to conquer and when I'm defeated these words help me to understand that this is not the end; there are more opportunities which will come and I just have to be prepared to make the best use of them!

Really this line seems simple but has a lot of depth in it! It gave me an broader perspective of life and taught me one of the secrets of life! This shows that everything in life has a meaning. It us up to us what we decipher from it...