Road To Success(Completed)

Chapter 3 Thinking Big: You Think; You Can

Dedicated to Malapati Mounika for her tremendous support

Chapter 3

Thinking Big: You think; You can.

Listen, if you don't talk big game, you never get anywhere. If you don't think big, you don't get big. Some people call it egotistical, some people call it high hopes, and some people call it confidence. It's all in how you want to dissect it.

---by Vanilla Ice

“We are not here to occupy our kid with an activity. We have huge goals. We are planning for international. We want Piu to be a professional skater” Govind said to the coach when he took her for training for the first time, Shruti was not able to take her as she was busy with her house hold chores especially since the class was scheduled in the morning, it being a weekend holiday for Piu in her Montessori.

“Very well said sir” replied her coach Sabu sir a man with a sturdy personality who believes in all work and no play. With a tall height, dark complexion and broad built, he’d give competition to wrestlers and therefore he took no nonsense in his academy

“Now I’ll take her training at my personal level. I will see to it that she is trained accordingly.” said Sabu sir encouragingly.

“That would be great sir. I feel obliged by your words.” anticipated Govind overwhelmed by the coach’s positive words.

“No problem sir. We actually look forward to keen and dedicated parents.” The coach said happily.

Then there was great interchange of words between the coach and Govind in which coach shared that Piu’s progress which was slower as compared to her cousin who was also training in the same academy.

Both the cousins were quite close to each other and enjoyed each other's company so why not take them for the academy together was the unanimous decision of both the parents.

In fact he too started training on the same day. Her friend, cousin Kapil was a year elder to her but they shared amazing chemistry.

Elder to her he was really good at skating and sped up within a week while Piu was still trying to balance on the steel frame of wheels attached to her shoe.

Well Piu’s slow progress as per the coach was due to inaccurate skates which were tractor wheeled instead of roller wheels; so not good for effective skating...

Now this was a major setback to both Shruti and Govind.

Skates that they’d purchased with lot of enthusiasm weren’t right for the sport.

‘Would her husband; the sole sponsor of Piu’s game buy a new set of skates?’ thought Shruti.

Of course yes! Govind means no compromise in his child’s development.

And if his little girl is skating he’d provide best of the equipments for the same.

Shruti on the other hand was thinking biggggg!

She’d vowed that she’ll think big for her daughter

“Mom, can I participate in the dance competition?” Shruti begged her mom.

“No” was the reply’ her mom’s favorite word. “I know you’d get tired after long practice hours of dancing and then the costumes for the dance, jewellery, pick up and drop. I don't think I can afford all that.”

“But mom I had committed. It's matter of my class reputation. Already the number of girls participating is few and if I give up, my partner will suffer.” She tried to convince.