rahul learns to fight

rahul became a part of the 'music cult' when he was 11 years old... the first songs he heard were of aqua, vengaboys etc. but as he grew, tastes changed, "its my life" by bon jovi caught his ear and he's been a fan ever since. then he understood the beauty that lied in the lyrics, the way those hardly decipherable words made amazing rhyme and meaning was much more than captivating and that's where he found another spring to derive inspiration from. since then music had played an important role in rahul's life. the fact that one can almost always justify the happenings in one's life and relate it to some song or the other is nothing short of baffling. hats off to lyricists worldwide.just read the lines below and maybe u'll understand what i mean more clearly...



"i've been knocked down so many times,


counted out, six seven eight nine


bring it off like some bad deal,


if you're breathing you know how it feels,...





chorus:


call it karma,


call it luck,


me i just dont give up


bounce bounce nothings gonna keep me down,


bounce bounce stand up shout it out...


i play hard, i play to win,


count me out count me in


i'll be bouncing back again...






this aint no game i play it hard


cut around all stitched and scarred


i'll take the hit but not the fall


i know no fear still standing tall…






chorus…"



now this tells you, there are times you'll get hit, but nothings wrong in that, everyone does, for if you come out of a battle without any scars, one would only assume that you never entered the battlefield. you gotto have scars, bitter memories, which will help you fight the next battle, and thats why you should not run from it "i know no fear" but go right in, "still standing tall".



he first heard this song when he was preparing for iit-jee. at times when he was angry with himself (various reasons can account for that), he'd tell himself that the goal lies at the end of the crusade and that he has to keep walking. he cant afford the luxury to be displeased over a failure. any ways iit didnt happen, and probably you'll now conclude that "i knew these things are not practical... they just look good in books", but lemme tell you they do work, what happened with rahul was not because the principle is wrong, but because he failed to apply it fully.



if one tries to fathom the depth of the lake with a stick and realise that the stick one is using is not long enough, then not many have the inspiration to go and find another becuz one would have to unclog the sweat glands which you havn't used ever since, and even if you do and go and find a bigger stick, chances are that it's still not enough... that's when one decides that the lake is actually an ocean and "i cannot measure it, others might have done it, but the've just been lucky". yes they were lucky because someone told them that patience and persistence are two prerequisites one must possess and practise continuously, not because someone gave them the stick of the right size first up.



now as he listened to this song just before he is to start preparing for his next exam, all these thoughts come back. he feels now that he is better prepared for his next battle.