Let us discuss the First situation i.e., assume a person desires to achieve something and is trying day and night ,even during his sleep he thinks about his dream, alternatively about his target. But unfortunately on the day of his crucial date , he under performed or he could not participate due to some genuine or critical reasons . In such a condition, whether we tell him that he has lost or unsuccessful or express our views differently.
The example of our great athlete Vinesh is the most recent example . She was giving her everything and reached the final of the olympic 50 kg wrestling . But she was disqualified for the final for hundred grams extra in her weight .
Till the semi final she was the winner – meaning she was successful . But in the final, she was disqualified for 100 grams of extra weight . The same girl who was qualified as per weight requirement till the semi final , failed in the test for the final and she was not allowed to show her talent
So , as per dictionary meaning she was not successful . Is it so ?
The girl who was qualified till the semi final on weight count , could not pass the test for the final . Can we call her a failure? In one sense , yes because she could not keep her weight within limit . But I do not consider her a failure , because the girl who maintained her weight till the semi final, accidentally failed by 100 grams on the final .
This means , she has given her everything for the game , tried everything possible to reach the final , and in the end she could not play. If she played and lost things could have been differently analysed, but she could not play.
Is it a luck factor , Will of God , treachery of someone , whatever may be the reason? She failed to reach her target , the Olympic Gold. So, she is unsuccessful .
But what do you say , when you see from the angle that she came for a very humble background , a girl from the conservative family of haryana and reached to the final of olympic .This itself is a great success but it is a bad luck or Will of God that she could not play the final . So success is not only reaching the ultimate goal but trying to achieve the desired goal. And balance is the Will of God or luck whatever we like to say .
So . What I want to say is that success is not the winning of the target but trying with all the might to achieve the target .
Now discuss the second assumptions –
Suppose , in the field , someone wants to be the Olympic winner . With all his past performance shows that he has really no major threat. But in the final someone else went ahead of him.
Similar incidents happened several times in Olympic history itself . When one has the record of best performances outside the olympic and no one even comes near to him in performance , have failed miserably in olympics . Is it to be called unsuccessful?
I think , yes, because he has the capacity and opportunity , but failed to keep his own performance . Or is it just a bad day ? ( TO BE CONTINUED )
RAJAT CHANDRA SARMAH
GUWAHATI , ASSAM INDIA
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