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I was 12 then. We friends were playing ,I think it was a winter evening..…and at dat age it dint matter, vacation or no vacation, play was must! Those lively moments … dusky hours that went by like seconds while playing hide and seek,…best friends changed every other day….sight of chocolates ditched all mannerisms…frilled frocks….and this cud go forever. But unfortunately we all grow up…
and how fast!

I came back home and and for some reason wasn’t in a perfect mood that day.Looking at da dispassionate expression on my face,my father enquired casually, “dear, how was ur day? You had sports day naa today?What were da results?”…

Being reminded of the catastrophe I gave a sad sigh…dad we were pathetic! RUBY(that’s da house I belonged to ) lost it again!

Funny to note but yeah…this was da time of my school days when we were just being assigned colour-based houses!Though I myself dint participate in any sport event as such,I had far much conveniently taken da pride in being in a red house(just coz every 1 around seemed to do exactly da same.)

And here was this 12 year old girl….concerned abt da future of her team in a way that a farmer wud be for his coming monsoon yield!
“Dad I tell u I don’t feel like being in this house.” That year Ruby broke all records by not winning in a single thing! “That Shweta(name changed for unidentification) was teasing me so much today…just becoz she is in Sapphire(blue) which happnd to win da House award this year!”….and stupid it seems to me now…but imagine my agony over a defeat…took it so personally that I went to da extent of begging dad to put me in some other house!!

That’s when he sharply interrupted me,..then taking his own time started speaking again.He explained me how a thing…whether a person,team,business,or relationship goes thru two extreme stages…one is its upclimb…da other da downrace.It takes much lesser time for a team to fall than its way upward to glory.

”But that doesn’t mean that you quit your company!Now that you are a part of this team, u surely expect ur team to win everytime and be proud of ur victory..but you should also take as much responsibility in da mistakes that ur team makes…because unless u perform ur team wont win.and this is an important lesson of ur life my dear.NEVER FORGET IT!”he said.

At once i was embarassed and felt like taking back my words ..…”y was I so disrespectful to my house!” I regretted.

And from then onwards I tried to be more patient…even as da asst.House Prefect in std.10th…I hoped da best from my team….and it was something worth hoping! We won da house award that year wid a whooping majority of scores in our bag!
This was 1 event which surely had a gr8 impact on me…for good.J

….now I better go back to studies…no marks for guessing y I love blogging when exams are nearing…