StudentSpeak - WHERE THERE IS A WILL, THERE IS A WAY

- by Aniruddha Sadanand Sawant Std.-7th Div.-A

When we go home from school, most of the times we keep only one thing in our mind that we’ll finish our home work in 1 or 2 hours and enjoy till bed-time. But when our parents tell us to do so many things we get annoyed and we start giving excuses.

I am tired, I feel sleepy, my hand is paining due to continuous writing in school, this is too much work – I cannot do & so on. But remember if you want to be successful in your life then work hard, think in a different way and I am sure you can do something great because if there is a will, there is a way. If you really want to do something you will definitely find a way. If you don’t, then you will just find excuses.

If you look around then you will see that most of successful people were self motivated, determined and had strong will power to sweep aside all obstacles in their path.

Helen Keller was left blind and deaf when she was 2 years old but she didn’t give up, she mastered many methods of communication including ‘Braille’ and became great.

Oscar Pistorious’s legs were amputated when he was eleven months old still he won many running competitions. He is also known as the ‘fastest man on no legs’ in South Africa. India’s Taranath Shenoy is a deaf and visually impaired swimmer who is a Padmashree Awardee. Sudha Chandran is another example. She lost a leg due to gangrene following a road accident. She, however, went on to become an accomplished Bharatnatyam dancer.

There are many such instances of people who have attained greatness inspite of being poor. Abraham Lincoln, Narendra Modi, Dr. Abdul Kalam and so on.

Success or failure in life depends entirely on the will of man.

In short ----

Where there is a will, there is a way.

There is potential in every day.

Make a decision to choose it,

Have courage to use it,

No matter what they say,

Your dreams can come to life

And your life can become a dream.