Centre Court
As I watch the
proceedings on Centre Court, it reminds me of a dear friend who was an
avid tennis player in India. He was fairly successful in the domestic
circuit and had even tried to play in some of the international
tournaments. However, as we celebrate his birthday in a week, I realize
while he was successful in tennis to a certain extent, he was not able
to make a living for himself playing on the professional circuit. As a
result, he is now spending most of his time following the sport without
the option of ever earning a living from it. As his birthday approaches,
I can only go looking for online birthday gifts to send him a present for his birthday.
What is it that happens to the many
of the top sportsmen and women of our country who live a life of
oblivion and mediocre means if they never achieve international success?
The reason is that our country does not have the system and
infrastructure in place to support the next tear of sportspeople. These
are people who just missed the pole position but were excellent talents
in their own rights.
It is no wonder that most parents just
insist that their children study hard and achieve success in their
careers. They don't want their children to experience the near miss of
failure. Where they achieve a certain level of success but fail to make
it big - which is restricted to the very few. For the rest, the only
option is to hope that their loved ones go online gifts shopping to send them a token of their love when they fail to become the best!
Either way, one should try their best to achieve whatever success they
can. I strongly believe that perseverance in any and every endeavour as
hopefully and eventually success is achieved!