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When I was small I use to dream big and believed that if I have determination and worked hard I will get there. With age, the daunting reality of life hits. I still believe that if I have determination and if I work hard I will reach there but I am also aware of the constraints and how hard it is but with each stumbling stone my determination and dream grows. Now I know that it is not just about having the right skills, brains, hardwork but also the right cards. I have always believed in playing the cards that I am handed to the best of my capability and not crib about circumstances. Testing times are important; they test the strength of my character and determination. But all said, at times these testing times also shake us to core, our believes and sometimes even faith. Standing alone at the crossroads I question myself, which way to go. I know the answer, I know which way I am going to go but I am just hoping for a miracle, just one. I have never believed in miracles so from inside I am not that hopeful. I have been tested lot of times but as I grow older, tests are getting tougher. I am not a quitter is all I keep telling myself. Life is not always fair but I do believe that there is a better tomorrow waiting after every dark night. It is that hope that keeps me going, that hope of tomorrow, that dream that becomes even more strong and real with every stumbling stone. I just keep telling myself…

The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
-Robert Frost.