How Foundation Is Important

Many times I heard people saying that a good foundation is very much essential to building a strong building. But I was unaware that this is very much similar to our lives. 

Like to build a tall and strong building, we need to focus more on its foundation. To use good quality materials and to design according to the architecture so that there will not be any risk of falling or damage. But in case we neglect all this, in the end, the consequences will be very worse than we can imagine. 

And I realised that even my foundation is also not as strong as others. I was sitting on the stage for debate competition in my newly joined higher secondary. The school was very big with a huge number of students and teachers. I was carefully listening to what the Moderator was saying. It was all about the norms and formats of the debate. Meanwhile, I noticed that my opponents and even my teammates were not focusing much on the Moderator because they knows everything about the formats and norms. They were all engaged in preparing the questions for the arguments. 

From their expressions, I feel that I am the only one who is nervous because they were all chilled. And because of nervousness, I could not able to perform as how I prepared whereas, all of them performed well. 

And as the result was announced, medals and certificates were given for the best speech delivered, best answering, best questioner and best debater. I along with some other guys didn't receive any of these, but I was not upset for not winning the game, the reason for being upset was that I didn't give my 100%.

After I came back from school, I was thinking that why I couldn't give my best. Even those who didn't win anything were satisfied because they gave their best and they happily accepted the failure. 

After a lot of thinking, I came to know that those who won have completed their high school education from very reputed schools where they have experienced all these even before and have the courage to face the huge crowd. Case for me I completed my high school in a school where such activities were not organized much and the number of students was very limited. 

But it's not that I will lose every time and cannot compete with them. The even higher secondary is also a place where we can work to make our foundation strong. But the only thing is that I'll need to work harder than them.