Life is tough but I’ve bat & ball on my side!
“Who would you seek motivation from?” “What would keep you up all the time? “Where would you get that energy from? “Why wouldn’t you feel exhausted?” “How would you manage it all?” These are the five Ws and 1H of my life. Every day I wake up, I ask myself these questions. Obviously, not all days are same; days are like the 11 players of a local cricket team– some good, some bad and some just to fill spaces! But no matter how my days unfold, my answers to all these questions remain the same. I might need to pinch myself quite a few times to get up but I make sure once I’m up, I’m ready to roar– just like how James Anderson roars as soon as the new cherry is handed to him. Again, not all pitches are helpful nor are all the batters easy to deal with! Even the roar I make comes back to haunt me! It terrifies me! I feel numb! I feel lost! I feel nothing! But then when I’m about to lose hope, I recall what Ben Stokes did at Headingly and Kusal Parera did at Dublin! “Can my day be tougher th...