You will win by Mansi Tyagi

It was raining heavily. Maya was sitting in the balcony with a hot cup of coffee and enjoying the beauty of the rain and the city. Her two kids were playing down with paper boats in the rain. She was observing everything carefully. Suddenly, she started missing the days she had spent with Rahul.

Life was beautiful for both of them in a small city of Gujarat, till the day Rahul met with an accident and died on the spot leaving behind Maya and their two kids. Maya was left totally devastated. She was a housewife for the past 15 years. She never went out to work despite of her being an Engineer. She always did what Rahul wanted her to do for the well being of their family. Her kids, Advik was just a year old baby and Myraa was 6 years old. Maya was unable to think anything. She had gone totally blank and her life was screwed up very badly. She was not in a condition to even feed her kids.

Her parents came to her and told her “Don’t worry Maya, we will help you in raising your kids”. Other family members started pitying her for her husband’s death and some people blamed her and her kids for the misfortune. Maya couldn’t take it anymore when people started cursing her children and that’s when she decided to stand on her own and raise her kids herself. She started hunting for jobs in companies where she was told that due to a gap of 15 years in her professional career, they wouldn’t like to hire her. Maya did not break down. She decided to try her luck in other fields. Finally, she got a chance in a preschool to work as a coordinator. The salary offered to her was very less but still she was happy that at least she would earn something for herself and her children. Rahul had purchased some insurance policies which also helped her a lot. Maya remembered how much both of them had argued with each other for these policies but Rahul had bought it ignoring Maya’s arguments.

She stood near Rahul’s photo and thanked him from her heart for securing her and their children’s future.

Life was not easy for Maya. There were end number of challenges which she faced with tears in her eyes but she didn’t give up. Maya decided to fight with whatever life would throw at her and she stood up for her family’s sake.

One day at the school, a parent of a kid told Maya “you are so good in managing the school, why don’t you create your own franchise and work?”. He told her that she can get loan from a bank and that he will help her if she is interested. Maya didn’t take it seriously that time and just thanked the parent for his idea and started moving towards her home.

Life started moving normally. Her kids were growing up. Myraa helped Maya in handling Advik’s education and in tackling his tantrums. One day, the principal of the school where Maya worked declared that they are shutting down the school and people working there will have to find a new job. Maya was shaken very badly and was crestfallen. She came back home with a heavy heart. She saw that Myraa was teaching alphabets to Advik. She was playing teacher and student game with her little brother. Suddenly her cell phone rang. She found that the person calling her was the same parent who had earlier told her to open the school franchise. Maya felt like Rahul has sent someone to help her. She agreed with the offer of that parent to meet the franchise people. She decided to plan everything but at the same time, she did not want to take any financial help from anyone.

Maya approached different banks and applied for a loan. She also decided to mortgage her personal belongings for getting the loan. She was adamant to not get defeated. People say that when a person decides to stand up for something, the whole universe tries to help him. Same thing happened with Maya. Her loan got approved and subsequently, she got the franchise of the school and then came the big day for Maya. It was the opening ceremony of her school. She felt very happy and proud. She thanked Rahul for sending someone to guide her.

Today, after 20 years of hard work, Maya is at peace. Her kids have settled down and her school has earned a big reputation and is considered one of the best schools. People respect Maya for her love, care, hardwork, dedication and the way in which she nurtured her kids and making them good human beings.

Maya had finished her coffee and tears had started rolling down her eyes. Suddenly, she saw a rainbow in the sky. She felt like it’s a blessing from Rahul. She smiled and said “Rahul I did my best and I didn’t give up”.

Life is full of unexpected challenges but if one is determined to face them, the whole universe will help him and Maya is an example of going through such challenges and passing it with flying colours.

Keep smiling and say to yourself that I will never give up come what may and then see how things will change. We as human beings have the power to change our lives with our determination and hard work. Lets vow that “WE WILL NEVER GIVE UP”.