Have you ever wondered that sometimes even after having a bucket full of abilities, people don’t touch the height of the sky? Christopher Columbus provided us with the answer. He quoted, “You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore” Similarly, in order to reach the blue moon there is a simple recipe. Your abilities mixed with your handwork, however, served with the sauce of courage to face risks.
Since my childhood I have observed, success never becomes the crown of those who have abilities. However, it becomes the shining star of those who use their abilities in order to get over the hurdles sent by fortune and who readily tackle with all the problems by taking risks. Chances, risks and making a decision while not being sure about the positive consequence seems to be a very hard nut to crack. But, these little, big challenges teach us the ABC of life. Alpha and omega of success is that you have to be ready to take chance and be brave enough to face the result. If you take a risk with a positive intention, hope and expectation, automatically, the positive energy of your will power turn the waves in your favor.
Although, people need to work day and night, leave no stone unturned in order to get what they desire, but, no scientist would have been successful if they didn’t have enough courage to make a decision about whose consequence, they were unsure. Inventions start with an experiment and experiment is all about taking a risk and believing in your own self. Hence, all the advancements, technology and progress the living evidences of the theory that success requires faith and bravery.
“Have faith in your dreams and someday your rainbow will come smiling through” It is one of the most popular lines of the famous fairytale “Cinderella”. I am a huge fan of it and surely thousands of others are. The long fan list of this tale is again a proof that to pass any hurdle with flying colors, you need to have faith and enough potential. If Cinderella didn’t have the courage to leave her shoe, she would have never found her prince. Behind every successful person, there is a common man who fought tooth and nail with the obstacles and refused to give up in front of the tests life sent. So, to be at the top, you need to give yourself and your thoughts a shot. Whenever you believe, you possibly achieve.
On the whole, a person with the hope of accomplishing his missions and is fearless of all barriers is always the one reaching the stars. Paulo Coelho quoted in Alchemist, “when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”So, just believe in yourself and the gates of the victory will be all opened for you. The key to your achievements is your heart filled with courage to take risks. Take a chance, achieve what you want!
Author: Zainab Naghman, 15 years old, Pakistan, Karachi. Article presented at the competition "Welcome."