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History of Cricket
A brief history of cricket The origins of cricket lie somewhere in the Dark Ages - probably after the Roman Empire, almost certainly before the Normans invaded England, and almost certainly somewhere in Northern Europe. All research concedes that the game derived from a very old, widespread and uncomplicated pastime by which one player served up an object, be it a small piece of wood or a ball, and another hit it with a suitably fashioned club. How and when this club-ball game developed into one where the hitter defended a target against the thrower is simply not known. Nor is there any evidence as to when points were awarded dependent upon how far the hitter was able to despatch the missile; nor when helpers joined the two-player contest, thus beginning the evolution into a team game; nor when the defining concept of placing wickets at either end of the pitch was adopted. Etymological scholarship has variously placed the game in the Celtic, Scandinavian, Anglo-Saxon, Dutch and Norman-French traditions; sociological historians have variously attributed its mediaeval development to high-born country landowners, emigré Flemish cloth-workers, shepherds on the close-cropped downland of south-east England and the close-knit communities of iron- and glass-workers deep in the Kentish Weald. Most of these theories have a solid academic basis, but none is backed with enough evidence to establish a watertight case. The research goes on. What is agreed is that by Tudor times cricket had evolved far enough from club-ball to be recognisable as the game played today; that it was well established in many parts of Kent, Sussex and Surrey; that within a few years it had become a feature of leisure time at a significant number of schools; and - a sure sign of the wide acceptance of any game - that it had become popular enough among young men to earn the disapproval of local magistrates. Dates in cricket history 1550 (approx) Evidence of cricket being played in Guildford, Surrey. 1598 Cricket mentioned in Florio's Italian-English dictionary. 1610 Reference to "cricketing" between Weald and Upland near Chevening, Kent. 1611 Randle Cotgrave's French-English dictionary translates the French word "crosse" as a cricket staff. Two youths fined for playing cricket at Sidlesham, Sussex. 1624 Jasper Vinall becomes first man known to be killed playing cricket: hit by a bat while trying to catch the ball - at Horsted Green, Sussex. 1676 First reference to cricket being played abroad, by British residents in Aleppo, Syria. 1694 Two shillings and sixpence paid for a "wagger" (wager) about a cricket match at Lewes. 1697 First reference to "a great match" with 11 players a side for fifty guineas, in Sussex. 1700 Cricket match announced on Clapham Common. 1709 First recorded inter-county match: Kent v Surrey. 1710 First reference to cricket at Cambridge University. 1727 Articles of Agreement written governing the conduct of matches between the teams of the Duke of Richmond and Mr Brodrick of Peperharow, Surrey. 1729 Date of earliest surviving bat, belonging to John Chitty, now in the pavilion at The Oval. 1730 First recorded match at the Artillery Ground, off City Road, central London, still the cricketing home of the Honourable Artillery Company. 1744 Kent beat All England by one wicket at the Artillery Ground. First known version of the Laws of Cricket, issued by the London Club, formalising the pitch as 22 yards long. 1767 (approx) Foundation of the Hambledon Club in Hampshire, the leading club in England for the next 30 years. 1769 First recorded century, by John Minshull for Duke of Dorset's XI v Wrotham. 1771 Width of bat limited to 4 1/4 inches, where it has remained ever since. 1774 LBW law devised. 1776 Earliest known scorecards, at the Vine Club, Sevenoaks, Kent. 1780 The first six-seamed cricket ball, manufactured by Dukes of Penshurst, Kent. 1787 First match at Thomas Lord's first ground, Dorset Square, Marylebone - White Conduit Club v Middlesex. Formation of Marylebone Cricket Club by members of the White Conduit Club. 1788 First revision of the Laws of Cricket by MCC. 1794 First recorded inter-schools match: Charterhouse v Westminster. 1795 First recorded case of a dismissal "leg before wicket". 1806 First Gentlemen v Players match at Lord's. 1807 First mention of "straight-armed" (i.e. round-arm) bowling: by John Willes of Kent. 1809 Thomas Lord's second ground opened at North Bank, St John's Wood. 1811 First recorded women's county match: Surrey v Hampshire at Ball's Pond, London. 1814 Lord's third ground opened on its present site, also in St John's Wood. 1827 First Oxford v Cambridge match, at Lord's. A draw. 1828 MCC authorise the bowler to raise his hand level with the elbow. 1833 John Nyren publishes his classic Young Cricketer's Tutor and The Cricketers of My Time. 1836 First North v South match, for many years regarded as the principal fixture of the season. 1836 (approx) Batting pads invented. 1841 General Lord Hill, commander-in-chief of the British Army, orders that a cricket ground be made an adjunct of every military barracks. 1844 First official international match: Canada v United States. 1845 First match played at The Oval. 1846 The All-England XI, organised by William Clarke, begins playing matches, often against odds, throughout the country. 1849 First Yorkshire v Lancashire match. 1850 Wicket-keeping gloves first used. 1850 John Wisden bowls all ten batsmen in an innings for North v South. 1853 First mention of a champion county: Nottinghamshire. 1858 First recorded instance of a hat being awarded to a bowler taking three wickets with consecutive balls. 1859 First touring team to leave England, captained by George Parr, draws enthusiastic crowds in the US and Canada. 1864 Overhand bowling authorised by MCC. John Wisden's The Cricketer's Almanack first published. 1868 Team of Australian aborigines tour England. 1873 WG Grace becomes the first player to record 1,000 runs and 100 wickets in a season. First regulations restricting county qualifications, often regarded as the official start of the County Championship. 1877 First Test match: Australia beat England by 45 runs in Melbourne. 1880 First Test in England: a five-wicket win against Australia at The Oval. 1882 Following England's first defeat by Australia in England, an "obituary notice" to English cricket in the Sporting Times leads to the tradition of The Ashes. 1889 South Africa's first Test match. Declarations first authorised, but only on the third day, or in a one-day match. 1890 County Championship officially constituted. Present Lord's pavilion opened. 1895 WG Grace scores 1,000 runs in May, and reaches his 100th hundred. 1899 AEJ Collins scores 628 not out in a junior house match at Clifton College, the highest individual score in any match. Selectors choose England team for home Tests, instead of host club issuing invitations. 1900 Six-ball over becomes the norm, instead of five. 1909 Imperial Cricket Conference (ICC - now the International Cricket Council) set up, with England, Australia and South Africa the original members. 1910 Six runs given for any hit over the boundary, instead of only for a hit out of the ground. 1912 First and only triangular Test series played in England, involving England, Australia and South Africa. 1915 WG Grace dies, aged 67. 1926 Victoria score 1,107 v New South Wales at Melbourne, the record total for a first-class innings. 1928 West Indies' first Test match. AP "Tich" Freeman of Kent and England becomes the only player to take more than 300 first-class wickets in a season: 304. 1930 New Zealand's first Test match. Donald Bradman's first tour of England: he scores 974 runs in the five Ashes Tests, still a record for any Test series. 1931 Stumps made higher (28 inches not 27) and wider (nine inches not eight - this was optional until 1947). 1932 India's first Test match. Hedley Verity of Yorkshire takes ten wickets for ten runs v Nottinghamshire, the best innings analysis in first-class cricket. 1932-33 The Bodyline tour of Australia in which England bowl at batsmen's bodies with a packed leg-side field to neutralise Bradman's scoring. 1934 Jack Hobbs retires, with 197 centuries and 61,237 runs, both records. First women's Test: Australia v England at Brisbane. 1935 MCC condemn and outlaw Bodyline. 1947 Denis Compton of Middlesex and England scores a record 3,816 runs in an English season. 1948 First five-day Tests in England. Bradman concludes Test career with a second-ball duck at The Oval and a batting average of 99.94 - four runs short of 100. 1952 Pakistan's first Test match. 1953 England regain the Ashes after a 19-year gap, the longest ever. 1956 Jim Laker of England takes 19 wickets for 90 v Australia at Manchester, the best match analysis in first-class cricket. 1957 Declarations authorised at any time. 1960 First tied Test, Australia v West Indies at Brisbane. 1963 Distinction between amateur and professional cricketers abolished in English cricket. The first major one-day tournament begins in England: the Gillette Cup. 1969 Limited-over Sunday league inaugurated for first-class counties. 1970 Proposed South African tour of England cancelled: South Africa excluded from international cricket because of their government's apartheid policies. 1971 First one-day international: Australia v England at Melbourne. 1975 First World Cup: West Indies beat Australia in final at Lord's. 1976 First women's match at Lord's, England v Australia. 1977 Centenary Test at Melbourne, with identical result to the first match: Australia beat England by 45 runs. Australian media tycoon Kerry Packer, signs 51 of the world's leading players in defiance of the cricketing authorities. 1978 Graham Yallop of Australia wears a protective helmet to bat in a Test match, the first player to do so. 1979 Packer and official cricket agree peace deal. 1980 Eight-ball over abolished in Australia, making the six-ball over universal. 1981 England beat Australia in Leeds Test, after following on with bookmakers offering odds of 500 to 1 against them winning. 1982 Sri Lanka's first Test match. 1991 South Africa return, with a one-day international in India. 1992 Zimbabwe's first Test match. Durham become the first county since Glamorgan in 1921 to attain firstclass status. 1993 The ICC ceases to be administered by MCC, becoming an independent organisation with its own chief executive. 1994 Brian Lara of Warwickshire becomes the only player to pass 500 in a firstclass innings: 501 not out v Durham. 2000 South Africa's captain Hansie Cronje banned from cricket for life after admitting receiving bribes from bookmakers in match-fixing scandal. Bangladesh's first Test match. County Championship split into two divisions, with promotion and relegation. The Laws of Cricket revised and rewritten. 2001 Sir Donald Bradman dies, aged 92. 2003 Twenty20 Cup, a 20-over-per-side evening tournament, inaugurated in England. 2004 Lara becomes the first man to score 400 in a Test innings, against England. 2005 The ICC introduces Powerplays and Supersubs in ODIs, and hosts the inaugural Superseries. 2006 Pakistan forfeit a Test at The Oval after being accused of ball tampering.
Kanika Wadhwa
organic gardening
A basic definition of organic gardening is gardening without synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. But organic gardening is much more than simply replacing manmade chemicals with those derived from natural sources. It is a philosophy of gardening that supports the health of the whole system. In an organically managed yard or vegetable garden the emphasis is on cultivating an ecosystem that sustains and nourishes plants, soil microbes and beneficial insects rather than simply making plants grow. Creating this ecosystem begins with improving the soil. Adding organic matter by mixing compost into the soil increases its capacity to retain water and nutrients and supports beneficial microbes, which are essential to healthy plant growth. Compost can be made at home from grass clippings, leaves, yard debris, and kitchen scraps, or purchased from garden centers and mulch suppliers. Because of the many turkey farms in our area, turkey compost is the most readily available commercially made compost in our region. Another way to add organic matter to the soil is to grow cover crops and turn them into the soil just as they begin to flower. Cover crops that can be seeded at this time of year include buckwheat, cowpeas, millet, and soybeans.
atul patel
Karnataka Elections: homestretch before LS 2k19
Karnataka was supposed to be the Bharatiya Janata Party’s point of entry into southern India. But after its historic victory in the 2008 Assembly election, the party lost its way in the State, and the Congress staged a comeback five years later. Now, far from expanding to the neighbouring States, the party is struggling to return to power in Karnataka in the face of a determined defensive battle by the politically savvy Congress Chief Minister, Siddaramaiah. A relatively new entrant to the Congress, he has created his own space in the faction-ridden party and in the wider public sphere by traversing caste divides and resisting communal polarisation. Thus, the single-phase election on May 12 could witness a face-off between the BJP and the Congress, with the Janata Dal (Secular) a distant third. The BJP’s challenge is mounted by the old warhorse B.S. Yeddyurappa, its most valuable asset and arguably also its greatest liability. If he won it for the BJP in 2008, he also ensured a defeat in 2013. After he resigned as Chief Minister following allegations of involvement in illegal mining and land deals, Mr. Yeddyurappa tried to run the government through handpicked men. When there was resistance to his meddling from the outside, he formed his own party, the Karnataka Janata Paksha, to down the BJP in 2013, but returned in time to help the BJP perform creditably in the 2014 election. In the absence of other evidence, it must have seemed to the BJP’s national leadership that it could win only with the active assistance of Mr. Yeddyurappa. Mr. Siddaramaiah has used divisive tactics of his own. His government aided demands for religious minority status for Lingayats, a Shaivite section from which Mr. Yeddyurappa, and by extension the BJP, draw substantial support. And he indulged regional sentiments by unveiling a Karnataka State flag. Both decisions are awaiting the approval of the Centre, but the Congress believes that irrespective of what the BJP-led government at the Centre does, the dividends are for it to reap. Agitations against the use of Hindi in Metro stations are also being turned to the disadvantage of the BJP, which is trying to refurbish its image as a Hindu-Hindi party by stressing solely on the Hindu aspect. Karnataka will not be the last State to go to the polls before the Lok Sabha election of 2019, but it holds great importance for the campaigns of the Congress and the BJP in the run-up to 2019. A loss for either will be a dampener, and a win a great morale booster. Leaders of both parties need to convince themselves, more than anyone else, that they have their nose ahead as they near the homestretch
MUDDASIR FARUQUEE
BAHUBALI SARRES
FROM THEATRES TO SAREES........BAHUBALI 2 IS STREAMING EVERYWHERE Yes,.....like everyone else, I was too interested and excited to know why did Kattappa killed Bahubali. But that’s not the all. Two years ago ,director SS Rajamouli not only created a movie but he made an history.We thought that the film has reached it’s zenith but we all were proved wrong after the release of Bahubali 2, the much awaited multi-lingual movie. Oh my God,....this what we call knack and triumph. This movie not only recreated history but has also successfully created a emotional and customary attachment with every single audience. SS Rajamouli new what people wanted and expected from him and working accordingly with his amazing and astonishing team, he made it in the best awaited way. Talking about it’s reviews and collections, which is hard to enumerate in few words, Bahubali 2 became the first Indian cinema to collect Rs 1200 crore in just 12 days.It’s reviews has been and is being optimum and ultimate whether it’s be Times of India or India Today.But this is of course not the end my friends. The craze and attachment of people with this particular movie can be figured out and straightforwardly comprehend by the products that are hailing with it’s name. It has become a origin of good business for disparate other industries. From saris with Bahubali characters printed on them to Bahubali-inspired jewellery designs —just the name seems enough to sell any product. Other than these, mobile covers are also available featuring Bahubali. A Hyderabad based fashion brand, Jaju Sarees, has launched Bahubali 2 prints for ladies and promoted the attire in a big way. According to Navneeth, the owner of the chain of sarees, the orders are streaming and gushing in. Navneeth says“We don’t know how the picture of the designs got exuded but ever since that happened, we have got many orders. One pattern ranges from Rs 350 to Rs 400. The other range is between Rs 1000 to Rs 1100, and even they are in huge demand.”He also added,“ We got some new designs printed and people have already placed advance orders for them. The sarees mainly shows the main characters of the movie with vibrant,dazzling and bright backgrounds. The craze around them is too much.” The craze and demand for these types of sarees are clearly indicating the love and warmth towards Bahubali 2. Women are missing no opportunity to show their respect and endearment for this movie following a path of fashion at the same time. The Bahubali fever is definitely at it’s crest. The movie is adding new stones to it’s crown each passing day. Thank You
Anuja Bhadra
TEMPLES IN ODISHA
FIVE TEMPLES YOU MUST VISIT IN ODISHA Let’s start with some glace on Odisha. It is situated in the eastern coast of India surrounded by four states, Jharkhand, Chattisgarh ,West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh.The current population is 44.5 crore with the literacy rate of 75%.The state is protected by the blessings of Lord Jagannath. It’s capital is “The city of Temples” ,that is, bhubaneswar. Not only Bhubaneswar but the whole Odisha is famous for templs and have nearly 952 temples including big and small.The architecture of these temples are more or less similar and to its zenith. Housing some of the best temples of the country, temples of Odisha are said to have given supreme expression to architecture. Some famous temples are:- 1-JAGANNATH TEMPLE Built in 11th century, still takes everyone’s heart with it’s massive and beauty. Situated in Puri ,it is the heart of the state and most eye catchy temple. Also privileged as one of the four dhams of India. Lord Jagannath is accompanied with Lord Subhadra and Lord Balram. The biggest festival in Odisha is Rath Yatra which generally take place in he month of august and starts fron Jagannath temple. It has an unique way of construction which can only be seen and enjoyed and words are not enough to express the same. 2-KONARK TEMPLE /SUN TEMPLE One of the tourist attractions in Odisha, konark temple represents the intelligence of civil and architecture sense of 13th century people. Well known as Sun temple, this temple is dedicated to Sun God. It depicts a chariot of Sun God with pillars ,wheels and walls. It’s most important feature is the stone wheel . It is directed towards the east so that the first ray of the sun illuminates its entrance. Though major part of this beautiful temple is ruins, all efforts are being made to revive it. 3-LINGARAJA TEMPLE Lingaraja temple is situated in Khurdha in Odisha. It is the biggest temple in Odisha with 180 ft height. The temple is dedicated to Lord Lingaraja Who is half Lord Shiva and half Lord Vishnu. It predominantly represents the Kalinga architecture. This temple is built in deula style, similar to Mukteshwar temple, that has four components namely vimana, jagamohana, natamandira and bhoga-mandapa. It is one of the oldest temples of the Temple City Bhubaneswar. 4-RAJARANI TEMPLE Built between 10th and 11th century, this magnificent temple is located in the heart of Odisha ,that is ,in the capital city Bhubaneswar. This awe-inspiring and alluring piece is made up of reddish-gold sandstone. This reddish-gold sandstone is locally known as rajarani and thus the temple gleaned it’s name.The temple is dedicated to Lord Brahma. This temple is also ornamented with inventive and astounding sculptural carving and stands and encompassed within a beautiful garden. Rajarani temple is the epitome of grace and elegance . 5-PARASHURAMESWAR TEMPLE This temple was built in 650 AD and is one of the oldest temple existing in Odisha. The temple is beautifully furnished and embellished sculpture of the presiding deity Lord Shiva.The outer walls of the temple has beautiful sculptural deities like Ganesha and Parvati and also of some animals.Parashurameswar represents Shiva as the lord of Parashurama, one of the avatars of Lord Vishnu. According to Hindu legend, the temple derives its name from the reparation of Parashurama and the resultant grace of Shiva. On the 8th day of Ashadha(June-July) ,Parashuramashtami is celebrated which is one of the major festivals of this temple.It is considered to be the best preserved specimen of an early Orissan Hindu temple.
find your passion
some ways to find your passion: 1. Get Curious – Curiosity is the basis of passion. Shake off your current understandings and begin from the view that you are almost completely ignorant on the subject. Then look for novelty to boost your interest. 2. Make it a Game – Give yourself rules, objectives and strategic constraints. The more creative thinking required, the better. 3. Set a Goal – Create a specific goal along with a deadline. This can infuse mundane activities with a sense of direction and purpose. Writing a report goes from being just another task, to a creative challenge that pushes you. 4. Express Yourself – Find hidden opportunities for self-expression. This could mean inventing a style for folding clothes. Changing the format you write code in or altering the style of your presentation. View each activity as an act of expression and originality. 5. Focus – Cut distractions and eliminate noise. The more you focus on an activity the better you can notice interesting qualities about it. The only truly boring activity is the one you can’t pay attention to. 6. Jigsaw Piecing – A jigsaw puzzle has hundreds of uniquely shaped pieces of a picture. View your activities as pieces of a larger image. This can turn dull activities into individual snippets of a more fascinating whole. 7. Dial Down Cravings – Have you ever noticed how the hungrier you are, the less able you are to enjoy the taste of food? This works the same way with passion. The more you crave a goal (instead of the process containing the goal) the less likely you are to develop a passion for it. Goal-setting is good. Goal-obsession is not. 8. Connect with Talents – How can you apply your existing talents to an activity? Find ways to use skills you already have in a new endeavor. An artistic person could draw pictures to help himself study. An athletic person might be able to use her strength and endurance as a speaker. 9. Overcome the Frustration Barrier – If an activity is too difficult for you to become enthusiastic about it, slow down. Worry less about results and more about experimenting until you build up skill. Whenever I try a new hobby, I strive to just try things out before building skills. This keeps me from getting frustrated and ensures the process is fun. 10. Leech Enthusiasm – Energy is contagious. If you spend time with someone who exudes passion about a subject, some of it will rub off on you. Seek out people who have the energy you want and get them to describe their motivation. Often it will point you to key information you had no idea could be so interesting. 11. Remove the Chains – Feeling forced into an activity is a sure way to kill any passion. Instead of flowing with the task, you rebel against it, making you miserable. Be aware of the consequences for not acting, but remove the feeling that you don’t have a choice. You always have a choice. 12. Tune the Challenge – For boring tasks, make them more difficult. For frustrating tasks, make them easier. This can be done by varying the speed or constraints you need to complete a task. Boring chores can be made more interesting by setting a time-limit. Frustrating assignments can be made easier by allowing yourself an awful first-draft instead of perfection. 13. Get instruction – Finding a teacher can give you the basic level of understanding necessary to enjoy an activity. Sometimes passion can be drained just by not knowing the basics. 14. Humble confidence – Confidence is necessary for passion, but arrogance can destroy it. Build a humble confidence where you believe in your abilities to handle the unknown, but you also have a great respect for it. 15. Focus Immediately – Look at the next immediate step. Don’t concern yourself over what needs to be done next month or next year if it overwhelms you. Focus on each step of the marathon, not how many miles you have left. 16. Play – If the process confuses or bothers you, just play with it. Don’t have a purpose until you can define one. 17. Eliminate – This one might not apply, but it is always good to use. If you really can’t enjoy something, find a way to eliminate it from your life. Don’t waste your time doing things you don’t enjoy. Either cultivate a passion or get rid of it.
moni singh
UNDYING LOVE - poem
Undying love The trees, the trunks covered with moss Loquacious birds chirping for a cause The bubbling music of a stream Like the holy river of a realm Canopies of flowers hanging about Haze of buttery sunshine shining out Nutty aroma of the rodents beneath Air flittering greenly through the leaves Insects buzzing noisily all around Hearing an occasional scowl of a hound The glided air, the wet ferns The teasing breeze, its strange turns The unknown path here in woods Searching explorers as if they could Pattering like footsteps across the matted earthen floor Words of newness, the rain did bore The divine nature, its true grace Disappearing with the coming days Nature’s undying love will cease to be With the doom of it’s every tree.
Aakanksha Sharma
The painting
The Painting With a heart full of colours And hands which depict emotions There was a painter Gazing upon an empty canvas He set out to paint his world The everyday hustle and bustle The sun that lights everything up And the stars that speak their own language But after completion, the painting looked different For there was no sun but it shone brightly There were no stars but it wasn't devoid of language And his world had taken the shape of a woman She had eyes with the colour of the skies Hair browner than clay And red lips that would put roses to shame Yet there was something missing The picture wasn't complete For the region of the heart was still white With a transparency that had never been seen Day and night he stood Marvelling at his masterpiece For satisfaction wasn't the only thing he found there He found love along with it But with love, greed set in Making him want to still make it better So he set out with his palette With his eyes focused on the only uncolored region of the painting He decided to fill her heart with colours Emotions bursting out of every detail But failing to decide on a color He used them all, one after the other Her heart took the gentle shade of blue first Then it became a darker shade of red Until there wasn't any transparency left For her heart had turned black Along with the heart The picture started losing its clarity For the eyes had storms in them And the lips green with poison And there he was Staring in regret For what was once his world Turned into an opaque piece of canvas Lifting up his spirits He decided to make the painting a second time But the colors were not his Nor was his heart
Prateek Mishra
Waiting for the light - poem
With darkness around me, I am lying on the ground Damp under my body, with tears that leaked without sound Unaware of anything, unseeing of all I wait in the darkness, for my own reichenbach fall The pain has ebbed long ago, leaving only scars behind That aren’t even physical, but exists in my mind And that is where it doesn’t stop, The racing thoughts everywhere, Leaving behind a confused mind, utterly unaware. I don’t wait for any light; I don’t wait for any helping hand I wait for only the ocean tide to sweep me away like sand. And leave me somewhere, deep within itself, Where even thoughts leave my presence And I can finally know my true essence. Nirvana, the guy in the orange drab called it, The thoughtless space where nothing exists with everything. That is what I strive for, lying on the damp ground With tears leaking from my eyes, and the pain being gone I want to sway with the wind as the nightingale’s song I wish complete silence for forever long. And then maybe I promise, to rise again from the ocean To stop long enough for you to hear my tune To dance with you under the shine of the moon I may then promise to let you near me, To bear my soul, my heart for your soul only But until I reach to the destination I have planned I am afraid my plane will fly unmanned. It will drift on the ocean waves shifting course from course, It will sway with the wind, reaching new mountains and shores. My journey may not be visible to your eyes, My destination will not exist on your maps It is and will remain within me, My world away from your worldly traps. Lying on the damp ground, I am not waiting for any light, or any helping hand I am waiting for the ocean tide to sweep me away like sand I am waiting for the wind to sway me before long So I can ride with it as the nightingale’s song.
focus on lesson not on problems
Let me tell you a story: When I was 14 years old, I fractured my spine playing hockey. It was one of the most painful experiences of my life. To me, hockey was everything--I loved that sport more than anything else in the world, and I was determined to play in the NHL. I used to watch The Mighty Ducks with my hockey gloves on, acting out the scenes in front of the television with my hockey stick in the living room, my mom yelling from the kitchen reminding me to be careful and not break anything. When I fractured my spine, I knew I would never play hockey again. In an instant, my childhood dream fell apart. For weeks, I had to wear a Velcro brace around my back. The fracture was big enough to make walking extraordinarily painful, but small enough that I couldn't have surgery. The only thing to do was take Advil and let it heal on its own. At first, I was extremely depressed. I was an awkward teenager and didn't have many friends. The only place I felt like I fit in was on the ice with other people who loved hockey as much as I did. And I'll admit, at first I did what was easy. I blamed everyone else. I was angry and I felt like nothing would ever go right for me, and I refused to even give myself the option of finding the lesson in what had happened. Instead, I just focused on the problem. With nothing else to do, I sat up in my room and started playing World of Warcraft on the computer. 3 years later, and I was one of the highest rated 3v3 players in North America. I was in talks with sponsors. I was considering not going to college so that I could become a professional gamer. I had one of the most-read World of Warcraft blogs on the Internet at a time when blogging was still relatively new (2007). And most of all, I had discovered my love for writing. What could have been seen as a debilitating injury, ended up propelling me to find a new interest, become one of the best players in the world, and ultimately help me find a new dream.
lovely pandey