Akshara Raj
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Hi people!!! I am Akshara Raj. You can read about me in my first post, "About me!!!" My posts are about philosophy, the meaning of life, my thoughts, thoughts that can make you contemplate for a long time ending with a mysterious ending.#<3
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The True Meaning of Success
"Giving up" is non-existent. "Fail" means "Foremost Achievement In Life." "七転び八起き" (nanakorobi yaoki) [a Japanese proverb] translates to "Fall seven times stand up eight" It means that if you fail how many ever times, get up an extra time. Another quote by Thomas. A Edison says, "I have not failed, I've just found 10,000 ways it won't work", when he invented the light bulb and failed 10,000 times when he succeeded in inventing the light bulb. This mindset of his or anyone in this world can show their resilience, adaptability, persistence, passion, and learning. People fail to succeed. People should accept them and change them, not repeating them, to succeed. Even I have thought of giving up. For instance, I had a Science quiz, which is school competence in level 1, district competence in level 2, and state competence in level 3[which is the finale]. Everyone in grade 7 needed to attend the first level at school. It was a group quiz. Plus, in our school, they informed us about the quiz at the end of the [school] day, which was the previous day of the level 1 quiz. Me and my friend, who is competing in studies with me, as we both are fighting for rank 1 in academics, and I'm in the top, decided to do a group study, as they will ask out the book questions. By the day of the quiz, I was all ready, reviewing notes like a pro. The top 3 contestants will be selected to level 2. That friend and I gave a high-five to each other, and by the selection of chits, she, 2 other friends and I were selected as a team. The invigilator threw us the hardest questions of the question set, but we aced it, and our team won. After the quiz, I was sad, for no apparent reason, but just because of the fear of failure, the fear that I might not be able to get selected for the 2nd level. My best friend saw this and asked what the matter was. I told her that I was scared of being rejected. She said, "Akshara, you have no chance of getting rejected. You are the smartest person I have ever met in my life. You are the smartest in the whole class. If anyone has any doubts, they come to you, any answers of questions, they come to you. Everyone here looks up to YOU. Even the teachers love you. And you aced every question. This quiz doesn't define your worth." That touched me. I wanted to give up on my dreams, but her words made me strive with passion. I wanted to work harder if I got selected; if not, I didn't know what to do. Our school didn't give many opportunities to students, and no proper schedule for inter-school competitions[like no announcements and no involvement in competitions for students to join]. All this happened on a Friday. On Sunday, as I got my period for the first time, I had to stay home for an odd number of days as a part of a Hindu tradition, not leaving the house. I had to listen to them. For me, it was 9 days; the day I returned to school was my birthday. During these 9 days, on Thursday, there was the prize day, when we would get honours [like the academic proficiency, the best mathematician, Cyber wiz, Best actor, Best at yoga, etc], results of competitions[between students of our class], results of Olympiads. It was a day I looked forward to the most during the whole academic year. The class teacher usually says what we have won a week or two before the prize day, and she said that I had won the academic proficiency and a gold medal of excellence in the Math Olympiad! I was happy and stunned. But, due to this, I felt bad, so bad that I wanted to hide under a pothole and kill myself. On Monday, we had our class assembly where I had created an amazing part for myself as I had the most important part of the assembly. But due to this, I informed the teacher through WhatsApp that I would not be able to do my part. She told me to give it to another girl in my class. During that same Monday, when the assembly took place and when I was absent, they had informed who got selected for level 2, and I was in third place, and I got selected! That best friend who consoled me informed me that they took these 3 participants, except me, as I was absent, to level 2. I was heartbroken. I was heartbroken. I cried for hours. I also scolded my mom, "If only you had let me, I would've built a profile for my dream university! You ruined my life! If it were the exam week, would you have let me?! You would've been contemplating my whole future before concluding, wouldn't you? But as this was "just a competition" for you, isn't it? But, this could be my last chance in this school. Have you ever thought about it?! Did you even think about what would happen if I didn't go to school for these 9 days? Did you think, "What if they held this competition this week?" or "She has been dreaming about the prize day for the past 9 months. It wouldn't hurt if we broke the belief, right?" But all you did was reject all this for all these beliefs so that you can please your family! I know family comes first. But you shouldn't do anything to please them if you have to break someone's heart, like you did to me. I would have never done it if I were you. You have made an awful mistake, that has broken my heart!!!" She shrugged it off, saying it was nothing. I said, "It is nothing for you. But it is everything for me!" and ran to my room. When I returned to school, my best friend hugged me and said, "Happy birthday! I know you feel overwhelmed about a lot of things. God will give you another chance. If he doesn't, then I will stand with you in wind and storm." I said, "Thank you for everything." Since then, I rooted for her and she rooted for me under any circumstances. I knew that it was wrong what I told my mom, but I was heartbroken, clueless. The chance I had in my hands was gone. That was what anyone would've done if they were in my place. I later settled that I had to get up the 2nd time, so that I could succeed. Please remember,
By Akshara Raj9 months ago in Motivation
About myself!!!
Hello!!! As you might know, my name is Akshara Raj. I'm an ordinary girl with big dreams to chase. Now, I don't need to rush things. So, let me start from the beginning. I'm Indian by ethnicity and American by citizenship. I've lived in the U.S. for almost 2-3 years and have been in India till now. I'm an 80% extrovert. An introvert when angry and sad. I therefore have a lot of friends. My dad is a businessman who wants me to experience the real world at a young age. My mom is a biomedical engineer helping my dad in his business. I was born on 4th March, 2013, in New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S. I also have a younger sister who is 4 years younger than me born in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. I adore the subjects Science, English and Math in school. I love expressing my creativity through writing and speaking. My life was and is always filled with true and fake friendships, adventures, happiness, sadness and drama. I also love losing myself in the thinking of philosophy, existence, and the meaning of life. I first started writing poems when I was upset, angry, etc. It was about my feelings. I later started writing about philosophy, the meaning of life, and many more. Now, I want to publish my poems, so that is the sole reason for me to be here writing about myself right now to you guys. Last but not least, you can try reading my poems and get lost in their meaning of my poems. Happy Reading!!!
By Akshara Raj10 months ago in Poets
