It’s a Marathon
Due to my self-confidence, due to
the passion I had towards achieving things, due to the fighting attitude I had from
my childhood, I thought of doing it.
A warm Good
evening to my dear fellow toastmasters and guests. It was one fine morning I
along with two of my friends woke up at 4.30 AM, got ready and started our
journey towards IIT Madras. Don’t think we went for Engineering counselling. It
was for participating in Dawn to Dusk Marathon. Seeing my physic don’t judge
that I am couch potato. Sometimes I like to try something new. We went in bus
from Chrompet
and got down in Kotturpuram
bus stop and started walking inside the IIT Madras campus. I was thrilled to
enter the prestigious institution for the first time in my life. Our
destination is to reach the sports ground inside the campus from where the
Marathon starts. Most of you should be aware that IIT madras has two entrances.
One is near the Kotturpuram(near Anna university) and another near Velachery.
Unfortunately, we choose the longest path to reach the playground as it was
located very near to the Velachery entrance. Trust me never in my life I walked
so much long. The distance we walked will be from Sozhinganallur
to Thoraipakkam.
On our way we noticed that inside the campus it was a forest with buildings
here and there.
After
40 minutes of our walk, we reach the playground at last. We were in the
marathon suit. We found a building near to the playground, we thought of
refreshing ourselves and get groomed for the historical run. We there went
inside and found a room and got ready one by one. Two of my friends changed
their attire and where waiting outside the building. I got ready and about to
leave the building. When I saw my friends were waiting outside, I rushed to
step out of the building, but some force stopped me. What happened? Any
guesses? I banged my head at the glass
wall. I am still not sure, if that glass wall was delicate or my head was so
strong, the glass wall shattered to pieces. I made one step back before the
falling glass pieces can pierce both of my wrists and minor damage to my knees.
In that shock I looked around to see anyone witnessed this incident. My friends
who were waiting outside not knowing that my hands were bleeding, enjoyed the scene
and laughed. One commented that he can recall the Saint gobain glass ad. One gentleman, along with my friends took me
to the first aid area to clean the wounds and put the band-aid. I came out of the trauma but not from the
pain. My hands were paining, I felt pain while moving my hands. My friends
suggested me to quit. I met my account manager there, after hearing the story,
he also suggested me to take rest.
Due
to my self-confidence, due to the passion I had towards achieving things, due
to the fighting attitude I had from my childhood, I thought of doing it. Really do I mean it. No. One thought came to
my mind, if I were to quit, I must spend the next two hours lonely without any
company. This loneliness moved me to participate in the event. Just holding my
hands high like this, I completed the 10Km marathon. My friends opted for the
20Km run and they finished little late. I felt the joy of accomplishment that
day.
Later
in the week, we had a team meeting with my account manager, he recalled the
incident and appreciated me for the fighting attitude inside me and asked the
team to be like this in the project. I felt happy to hear those words. That
made my day.
Dear
fellow toastmasters and Guests. In the life journey, we may get hit sometimes
and get paralyzed. Don’t stop. Get the first aid, get ready and keep moving
since, life is not a 100 meters race that will get completed in few seconds.
It’s a Marathon.
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