“Success and excuses do not co-exist. We need to choose one of them.”

It was those days in my life when things weren’t happening as I wanted them to or desired. This was a phase when whatever I attempted to do seemed to be falling flat on its face. I had a long laundry list of reasons for what was happening. One day when my friend and I were just chatting at a coffee shop near his house. I was as usual lamenting about what was happening in my life, and he was patiently listening to me. At a point, I think he lost his cool a bit, and kind of in a stern tone said, “Are you listening to what you are saying?”.  I just stopped. It hit me. I did not utter a single word. We finished our coffee and said our regular bye and I went home.  As I was entering my house, I was suddenly overwhelmed by the feeling of pain within me.  I went to my room closed the door and sat on my chair. All of a sudden, I found myself weeping profusely. It seemed that all the pent-up feelings were just flowing out. After a while, my composure returned but I felt light and good. While I was enjoying this newfound joy and silence, I realized that success and reason are completely different. I realized that if we want success in life, we should stop giving reasons for happenings. This impacted me very profoundly. When I stopped giving reasons and accepting the reality of why something did not work, I realized that most of it was my doing. I realized that I should focus on success or achieving my goals as opposed to giving reasons for non-achievement.

Chetlur S Prasad

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