Second Innings

How many of us have ever had a great dream? Be it as basic as clearing a competitive examination or making a mark in any field of your choice. We all have had great dreams at some point in our life and while pursuing it had to make sacrifices and suffer setbacks, emotional and material, be it skipping parties because you have an early class the next day, failing romances aggravating your insecurities or just the fear of leaving your comfort zone because you yearn for something more. Those of us who have dreamt know the price of it. The time it takes, the patience it requires and the sacrifices made in the journey. And for many of us who dream the pain of failure is all too familiar to not forget. How many of us can say that even after all the hardships and frustrations we have not given up and have been true to our dream? When life has thrown failure in our faces, how many of us have managed the strength to play our second innings?