The Runner

I lost again.

Maybe for the hundredth time. I decided never again.

My confidence was down the drain. "What is this life?" I asked myself.

I was sure everyone could feel like this, at-least once in a while. But i ran out of giving any excuses this time to comfort myself.

Then i saw him.

I was walking by the football ground to take my bike from the parking lot. Every evening there would be practice session for players from various teams- Basketball, Volleyball, Football and so on.

Athletes were warming up at one side of the playground. I saw a runner in a white t-shirt and a matching trouser. He was pushing himself for another lap.

I was sure he could give-up in the next lap. He can never do one more lap. I was very much positive about that.

But he went on. By the look of his sweaty face and weak legs, i had determined wrongly. He ran for the next twenty minutes non-stop. Nothing ground breaking but still he blew all my math.

At that moment something deep inside me broke silently. I had been ignorant and i was judging myself of all the failures in my life.

The determination of the runner had seeped into me. "When he did not stop, why should I do?". Never in my life had i felt that amount of confidence burst inside me.

I told myself, "Anybody who has seen him run could have felt the same. "

That runner was 76 year old on that day!  

Reviews

[Johnmac08]

Wonderful! Beautiful twist in the end. Loved it!