No Pain No Gain

Wise people

say: ‘No pain no gain.’ Mukesh’s STORY is a perfect example of the axiom. He

was a teenager boy, a perfect model of the modern generation whose chief

purpose is to have fun and shirk responsibilities. He was an average student

studying in ninth standard. His grades on the report card did not augur well.

The highest was C2. His parents and teachers always expected more from him.

Most of his time passed playing, frolicking and loafing around.

As time and

tide wait for none, SA 1 examinations loomed LARGE! Mukesh felt first time in

his life the burden and nervousness of not being prepared to take the exams.

However, he had no option! Only 10 days were at his disposal. He decided to do

his best! The mountain of accumulated work cannot be climbed easily! He

realized it was impossible for him to do all the study and revision. He just

managed to scrape through the SA1 exam with CGPA 5.

He felt so

embarrassed and ashamed of his negligent attitude to study. He had never wanted

to score low grades. He had never thought that not studying would mean low

grades and embarrassment. He had thought having fun most of the time would not

affect his studies. He decided to turn a new leaf.

He promised to

himself he would work very hard to improve his grades. He just followed the

basics. He did not waste his single moment in USELESS distractions. He just

studied, studied, and studied. He made a time table, and conscientiously stuck

to it. He burnt not only the midnight oil, but the early morning oil also. At

school he STAYED focused all the time. He did not watch TV at all. Thus working

he realized, if a student utilizes his time optimally, he can do wonders. TV,

friends, and loafing around are the greatest enemies of all the students. He

realized studies are not difficult at all; developing the right attitude to

studies, and focusing our mind on studies is difficult. Hard work really pays

off and that too with huge dividends. Not only he improved his knowledge, he

secured A1 in all the subjects in SA2 Exams. His parents, teachers, and

everyone was so happy. He was the happiest of all. This happiness of

hard-earned achievement was thousand times sweeter than the shallow pleasures

of distractions.

Thus Mukesh’s pain brought him huge gains. Not only he achieved success because of the pain he took, but he also learnt the valuable lesson of time-management and self-discipline.