“Quietly endure, silently suffer and patiently wait.” -Martin Luther King Jr.

These were the words from Martin Luther King Jr., a man with the story of suffering for his country, USA. After years, his hard work and sufferings had meaning and was not futile.

This quote reminds me of an incident where I had to struggle to attain success. Last year, I had to workout for my Black Belt exam. This was 3 months before my exams. Unfortunately, I sprained my foot. I was devastated. My parents comforted me, but I couldn’t believe I sprained my foot, before my exams.

But I didn’t give up that easily. Every day, I would strengthen my foot to stand up and walk. At first, it was dreadful. But, after some days, I got used to this pain. Then I started doing some running, and then some warm-ups. But, I still waited for it to heal. With just a month left for the exams, I felt better, thought it was still paining.

I studied the theoretical part and passed. Then came the physical part. I only had 4 days to learn everything for the exams. I went to my Sensei’s house for further training. At last, the day came. 

On 2nd December, 2019, I passed my Black Belt exams with flying colors. I got an ‘A’ ! Everyone was proud of me. 

From this incident, I learned 2 things-:                                                                         

1. NEVER EVER kick near the wall!

2. If I can do this with a sprained foot, I can do almost everything.