Attitude...

I am sure all of your would have read or at-least heard about the story of the king and the spider. The mere spider inspired the king to wage war against the intruders to win his kingdom back. The highlighted trait in this story is perseverance of the spider. Coming to think of it, where did this perseverance come from? I say, it’s the attitude of the spider. The attitude of never giving up, the attitude of rising up in face of calamity, and the attitude to survive no matter what the adversity we face. In the same tempo let me cite another example. Yuvaraj Singh-the man who fought cancer and won. He is another legend in the sports fraternity who has fought this infamous disease and lived to tell its tale. How did he manage to get free from the shackles of this monster? It is his attitude of fighting to the finish that has helped him on and off the field. Yes, he did have leverage to the fact that his malady was diagnosed early. The real victory, snatching it out right from the jaws of death is the cycling legend Lance Armstrong. He was diagnosed with cancer in the last stage and the doctors had given him couple of  months to live. The cancer had gone malignant. He is still with us and went on to win the most grueling of cycling feat Tour-de-France consecutively for 7 years. I read this story about a man who got shot when he was clearing out the garbage from his restaurant. His spleen and lungs were perforated and the bullet was in an extremely difficult scenario. Just before the doctors took him into surgery they queried if he was allergic to any medicine his reply was,” I am allergic to bullets.” This one small sentence of right attitude eased the tension in the room and built in more confidence to the team of doctors and they saved his life. It just goes on to prove that whatever the situation we are in, it all depend on your attitude. 

Like the great master of Kalaraipayattu said, “When beaten down on the battlefield or in life it is your attitude to get up from the fall or to remain on the ground beaten will make your name etched in the halls of history as a winner or looser.”