The Impact Of Our Decisions On Our Life
Many people think life is full of surprises, it is a mixture of happiness, sorrow and sadness making it impossible to predict. Whenever they face any unwanted results they blame their luck and unpredictability of life; not recognizing the mistakes they have made in the process. I believe our future is a result of our actions today. Decisions we make in the present are connected to our future, one way or another. Our destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice. We should not wait for it to arrive; rather we should move forward and try to achieve it.
Being a student, we face many challenges, for me exams have always been a source of great stress and anxiety. Especially, the Urdu exam; I remember back in 9th grade, one of the hardest subjects to pass was Urdu. I never liked Urdu because it was boring, and I always looked for an escape route when it came to sitting down seriously and studying. I used to get teased by my friends and was sick of it. At that point what I wanted more than ever was to get rid of it. I was failing almost all of my monthly-exams and what usually followed was a call to my parents explaining how bad my condition was. The situation got so bad that my teachers told my parents that I should repeat the 9th grade, because I was lacking and that I will fail my board exams if I continue. My parents asked me to consider the grade retention, but something in me told me that I can pass the test. I knew what the problem was, I knew if I don’t do anything now, I will never be able to prove my teachers wrong, I asked my parents that they should believe me, it was hard for them, but they did. I remember spending next months focusing on just urdu literature and spending countless hours trying to perfect my mistakes. At the end I did cleared the exams, and not only that I scored the second highest marks in Urdu in my class. The results of my hard work and persistence were visible, this made my belief even stronger. Success totally depends on the way we think; how hard we try and how much time we are willing to invest in achieving our goals. It depends on self-discipline and focus, no matter what area of life it is.
Once we realize how even the smallest decisions we make have great impacts on our life, we will be more careful with the steps we take. We alone are responsible for anything and everything happening to us as it is a result of our past actions. We get many opportunities in our life and how we utilize these opportunities decides our future. Fair and simple. As Abraham Lincoln once said, “The best way to predict the future is to create it”.
