I was coming back from my dance rehearsals when a good friend called to tell me about when our M.A.(psychology) exams were slated. To my horror, these dates clashed with my M.F.A.(masters in Bharatanatyam). The probability that the dates would clash was too little and insignificant. For a while I didn’t know how to react to this news. My friend did know that I would be shocked.

There was so much I had to do. For the masters in dance, I had to make 4 journals, 3 projects and 2 assignments. Whoever thought dance would involve so much paper work! These volumes of work were taking up all my study time. I was getting nervous by the day.

Then one day I thought to myself, that if God has given me such a challenge, He will also give me the power to overcome it. The moment I started believing in this mantra, all my worries were washed away. I would get anxious once in a while but nothing could break me up. I consistently worked at both my dance and psychology exams.

Finally the day arrived, I had dance practical in the morning and psychology exams in the noon. I don’t know how I managed but I did. And I managed very well. The dance practical were long and grueling but I managed to impress the judges. My dance Guru was very happy with me. Then I went and wrote a paper in psychology. Gosh ! it was horrible. I was so tired.

There were two whole days to go and I was falling ill. I had high temperature but had to study, didn’t have much of a choice. Wrote 5 papers in a day even. And through all this I emerged victorious. Not to sound pompous, but I really feel great. I feel I have done something others would be petrified about. My friends were worried to death about just one exam, but I could manage to remain calm about both the exams. I feel like a champ.

All this has only taught me that, When the going gets though, the tough gets going.