The\nlife of an aspirant is quite tough. Right from childhood, everyone tells you to\n\u2018aspire\u2019 for big things in life since you are made to do great things. But\nstrangely enough, once you enter the phase where you are actually called an\n\u2018aspirant\u2019, there aren\u2019t many people around to fall back on. Some of your\nclassmates would be well settled while you are still fighting for that elusive\ndream that requires you to study for hours when your friends are out catching\nup on the latest movie. You fear about missing out on those precious moments\nand start questioning your decision. At this very moment, take a pause and\nthink about the time when you took the decision to be an aspirant. The dream\nthat made you take such a brave step. The thought that made you take up this\njourney is the same thought that will keep you going through this journey. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There\nwas a man who failed in business when he was 21, was defeated in a legislative\nrace when he was 22, at the age of 24 he again failed in business, at 26 he\novercame the death of his wife, he had a nervous breakdown when he was 27, lost\nthe race to Congress at the age of 34 and to the Senate at the age of 45, he\nlost the Vice-President election when he was 47, lost the Senate election when\nhe was 49. And then at the age of 52, he was elected as the President of the\nUnited States. He was none else but Abraham Lincoln. He got hundreds of\nopportunities to quit, but he waited for that one opportunity to succeed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everyone\nfollows a different timeline in his life. A mango tree bears fruits not before\nfour years from the date of planting, while a chilli plant might bear chillies\nfor you only after a couple of months from the planting date. If you can\u2019t\ncompare these two, how can you compare two individuals living completely different\nlives with completely different set of goals and with completely different aims\nto achieve? Your goals must be sacrosanct for you. At times, we focus so much\non the final goal that the joy of journey is often overlooked in the process.\nGaining knowledge is one of the very few things that differentiate humans from\nanimals. This journey of gaining knowledge is a journey of empowering yourself\nas a better human being. Remember the times when as a kid your Maths teacher\nused to stress on the \u2018process\u2019 you used to get to the solution rather than the\nsolution itself, telling you that you would be given step-wise marks! Well that\nlearning goes well beyond your Maths classes in school. It underlines the fact\nthat a correct process would ensure the right end. The same principle applies\ntoday. Indulge in the process of gaining knowledge knowing that it would make\nyou a better person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A\nknowledgeable person is always an asset to the society and to the nation at\nlarge, irrespective of his official position or occupation. An aspirant\u2019s\ncontribution to the nation building process often goes unnoticed. Our nation is\nlucky to have an army of youngsters who are willing to go through hardships and\nundertake sacrifices to give the nation the best possible crop of officials in the\ncoming years. Your purpose is thus, much higher than any other youngster of\nyour age trying to make his both ends meet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We\nare inspired by your courage to give up short term pleasures and aim for higher\ngrounds which only a few can do. As you would have known by now, the journey\nwill be long and arduous and full of bumpy rides. But who wants a monotonous\nlife anyway, right? Would Abraham Lincoln have been this famous if he would\nhave become the President right after he dreamt of it? Probably not! That is\nbecause you are made strong by the journey that you undertake and not by the\ndestination you reach. The grit, determination, honesty towards your goal and\nself control that an aspirant adopts during his journey turns the aspirant into\nan asset that the nation would be lucky to have. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Remember,\nthe regret is never from the non achievement of your goals, it arises from the\nknowledge that you could have tried harder. You have chosen a path wherein you\nwould need to be successful only once. Till that glorious moment arrives, keep\naspiring and keep inspiring.The entire nation wishes you the best.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The life of an aspirant is quite tough. Right from childhood, everyone tells you to \u2018aspire\u2019 for big things in life since you are made to do great things. But strangely enough, once you enter the phase where you are actually called an \u2018aspirant\u2019, there aren\u2019t many people around to fall back on. Some of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.competitionreview.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.competitionreview.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.competitionreview.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.competitionreview.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.competitionreview.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.competitionreview.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":499,"href":"https:\/\/www.competitionreview.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498\/revisions\/499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.competitionreview.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.competitionreview.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.competitionreview.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}