We often celebrate success achieved by people who have achieved it against all odds. Stories of people who are still struggling or who fail to achieve their goals usually remain untold. Only success is brought to lime light by all forms of media. This is also true that the success that comes to limelight is very often the material success. Here I bring to you a unique story of a cancer patient who failed but he did inspire others. He was an ordinary man with a typical small family. A wife and a kid. Everything changed for him the day he was diagnosed with cancer of liver. He had limited money. Taking the kind of treatment doctors advised him was beyond his pocket. One of the doctor was his childhood friend. He called on his friend's residence to take his personal advice to draw out his plan of action. The doctor did tell him all the possible treatment options, but he also told him his survival chances after six months. The situation was truly difficult. This man was a teacher by profession. He decided to create a decent set of notes that his students can use after him. He decided to put most of the money he had in the investments to secure his family's future. He set his goal of completing his notes creation assignment within next three months. He worked hard to create a marvel. His health started deteriorating. Writing notes became difficult. He starting narrating things to his wife. After some time even narration became difficult. He started marking the relevant sections in books and his past notes. Finally the dooms day came and he had to leave this world without completing his task. Meanwhile his students had already come to know about the work he was doing for their future. A group amongst these students decided to take his work further and created an excellent reference book. Today this reference book is guiding so many students to pass well in their exams. The teacher failed in his lifetime, but his mission did not. Such failures are worth a salute.
Dr. Sunil Ji Garg
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