What Inspires Me

Every successful person has some sort of inspiration behind his/her wonderful work. Inspiration, in its sacred custom, motivates a person to pursue a dream and cherish it. Inspiration can come from anywhere- a thing, a particular situation or a thought.

Being the kind of a person who sets small goals which ultimately outlines and shapes the final destination, I derive inspiration from many things. It does not come to me as a whole but rather in bits and pieces.

“Because all colours, black and white are needed to create a masterpiece…”

My parents have always been my greatest motivation. Their amazing personalities are my source of inspiration that constantly gives me courage to look ahead and trudge the road with confidence.

Nature in its exquisite glory is the second greatest motivator of all. Its tranquillity and everlasting beauty soothes me and helps me to develop a positive outlook towards all the situations I encounter in my life. It simply inspires me to keep moving forward.

Having novel-reading as one of my favourite hobby, my inspirations are most of the times derived from the novels itself. The Alchemist, Pilgrimage and Bhagvad Gita are the few such epics which never fail to spell bound me and intrigue me in their depth of philosophies. They inspire me to take risks and do things in a different way.

“Everything is same, but everything is different. Itself.”

It just depends on the outlook of that person to clearly observe his surroundings and seek his/her inspiration from it. 

The Three Mistakes Of My ....

Hello everyone!!

Today I'll tell you about an incident or you can say an accident that changed me a lot.

The best day till now of my stay at IIT Roorkee, the day of Elections, 24/08/2014. You will come to know the reasons for it being the best day.

Many of my friends were contesting elections. I simply went and voted as per my choice (as a responsible citizen). During afternoon, when vote counting was going on, we were discussing about the election results. Suddenly, I noticed that the backdoor which was meant for taking tea/snacks etc. was open and no security guard was present over there. I thought of having a sneak-peek and know about the current status of counting. For a moment, it slipped out of my mind that the voting area is a “Restricted Area” – My first mistake. I was standing near the door and asking one of my friends about the vote count, when our Chief Warden noticed me and called me towards him. I was busted. He then asked me for my ID card – My Second Mistake (that I gave him the ID card) - and told that serious action would be taken against me. I was stunned. I requested him, begged sorry but he simply rejected my plea and told me to leave that place. He said he would deal with me later.

Later in the evening, another incident took place. My smartphone fell from a height of around 5 ft and its display went off. Whether it was a mistake or my nervousness, it definitely further added to my worries – My Third Mistake.

Finally at night, the Chief Warden after lot of pleading and begging finally agreed to give back my ID card but not before talking to my parents. He even took an apology letter and strictly warned me of any further such activities.

This day is imprinted in my memory that I can't even forget it after my 4 years stay at IIT.

This day made me realize the importance of following rules and thinking at least a hundred times before breaking any rule. After that day, I was so terrified that for the next few days, I didn't even broke the line in Mess, which otherwise was an everyday thing. It also made me more responsible and careful.

These were the Three Mistakes of my First Month’s Stay at IIT Roorkee.

Hope you’ll learn something from these stupid mistakes. And make my sharing this experience useful.

What I learnt from a disappointing incident.

This is an incident when I was in 5th standard. One fine summer evening, I along with my four friends went to the swimming pool. Swimming Pool had a gradual slope from four feet to six. We were supposed to swim in four feet depth because we were in process to learn swimming. I along with my swimming tube entered the pool. As there was no rush in pool, we enjoyed the cool water in warm atmosphere.

I removed tube as I felt that my feet could touch the floor but accidentally tube came off my hands and started floating away from me. I went behind it to catch hold of it but tube floated to other side where water was six feet deep. I could observe that my height gradually started burying in water. “AND” all of sudden my legs were above the pool floor and I started sinking down. Frightened, I cried for help. It terrified me and I was now trembling with fear. I could feel my throbbing head. 

Noticing me the instructor at once dived and took me out safely but in this process I felt unconscious. I was taken to hospital because artificial breathing didn't help. My family was in complete shock and were worried.

I was terribly choked up with water but at last I gained conscious. My mother was sitting beside me and she took a breath of relief.

My mother strictly instructed me not to go near water again. My love for swimming was so deep that my mother’s instructions were of no avail. I convinced my family that I would never repeat this mistake in future. At last mom agreed to my request. After 3 weeks I again joined swimming pool. And then I became very diligent, I listen to every instructions of tutor and gradually I gained confidence. I learnt to swim without tube and that even in six feet depth. 

Yippee.

This incident left on me a great impression. But that was my mistake and I learnt important lesson of my life. Never ever do work beyond your reach and take your own time in gaining confidence over it. If one has to succeed in life risk has to be taken and in this process one may lose or gain. Failures always give room for improvement. Only thing is that conditions are sometimes favorable and at times not. But overcoming them by being positive one can achieve success. 

"Failures and risks are like seasons, they come and go but we should learn from them and remain steadfast to achieve his aim."