Moving from 85 to 100 . . .

Again in bus and heading college. Late Saturday evening, bus is less crowded and so are the roads. 15 to 20 mins to write down this post.

No abstract needed here. This comes directly through my running experience. What goes inside my head. Take recent example, target was 10 rounds. Slow and easy jog, just to build up some stamina. I start off as required and after each round I tell myself that 10% done. So after 6 its 60% done. Then 7 th round is easy and smooth and so sign of tiredness. Then 8th round and half way through I make a big mistake always. I start looking at finish line and it feels I have done it. I increase speed a bit and it results in physical wearing off. But you make it through 8th round, ie 80% done.

9th round and I look around say to myself that this is second last time I am going through this. Gives a you small boost of energy and long period of exhaustion. I make it 85%, still good but a bit tired. Feels like stopping and ending the run. Thats when I bring my mind in. I say to myself, 85% was and is easy. Anyone can do it and All do it. What makes a difference is last 15%. More precisely, 85 to 90 will decide your remaining 10%. Many questions need to be answered. Will you complete the run. How will you carry yourself? Strong and quick or keep complaining? Are you thinking to get exhausted on finish line or you want to walk home tall and proud? Answer lies in your performance.

At times I have had myself completely exhausted at end, but I always did 100%. I know that this last mile is all that makes a difference. That's what separates the regular guy and an Athlete. And then there are masters and Legends.

This applies to almost all our work or activities. First is to make a habit of finishing abd then make sure you finish Strong and cross the finish line Tall. Make yourself Proud !

Manohar PremKatha

About the Title - I keep dreaming and discussing Fairytale's with my friends, mostly Love stories. My Bestie calls it Manohar Kahaniya. One of my batchmate, Sachin, coined a work PremKatha in one of our discussion and I find it attractive. We call it PK (PremKatha) and hence the post title. I won't be discussing any story here, but I will tell about observation and thoughts to such stories when I relate it to me. So, in short this is one more of those personal post. I wonder how people write such wide variety of fiction stories. Lets get started. . .

I keep dreaming of so many stories and situations, like a walk with my partner on a straight road with less vehicular traffic, hand in hand and presence of my favorite Moon. Many might have similar or same imagination too. Actually there are lots of them and lets not go on that track. Point is, whenever I talk about this, at end I say that its not going to work. XYZ relationship won't happen with me and it happens only in Movies. This certainly shows up my negative side.

So, why do I talk about them at all, because I want them to happen. I realised one of the reason it didn't happen with me is because deep inside me I believe that such things don't exist or occur in reality. I am so very wrong I suppose. I have heard so many stories which are so inspiring and which suggest a big role played my Forces of Nature that its hard to believe they actually happened. Forces of Nature - different names, some call it Luck, some call it coincidence, some other name or just a combination of all.

I was Tarak Mehta ka Oolta Chasma and there came a scene of girl proposing a boy and boy was confused and the story went on. I then went deep into my brain and heart and recollected real life stories of my friends that had a Fairytale touch to it. I realised that I don't have to wait for that thing happen to me to believe. I just have to believe it exists and happens, whether it happens with me or someone else is a different topic. Running out of points now that I earlier had. So the catch is, I now firmly believe that Manohar PremKatha's do exist in reality and I feel blessed to have witnessed some of those. In near future I may be a part of one of such incidences.

Writing and Dreaming . . . .