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| "LIFE BEYOND BEAUTY" |
By:
PALLAVI SHARMA |
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LIFE BEYOND BEAUTY
By: PALLAVI SHARMA
IN MY CHILDHOOD , I HEARD FAIRY TALES; STORIES BEING ORIGINATED FROM AN IMAGINATIVE MIND BUT NOTHING REAL IN THEM. I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE HEARD SUCH STORIES BY YOUR GRANNY AND YOUR MOM.BUT THIS STORY IS SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT.THIS IS KINDA REAL STORY.
IT IS BASED ON A GIRL NAMED ROSE.THE NAME SOUNDS SO SWEET ISN’T.BUT UNIMAGINABLE FROM HER NAME SHE WAS VERY FAT AND UGLY (THAT IS WHY I GAVE THIS TITLE).THIS DOESN’T MEAN THAT SHE WAS NOT GOOD AT HEART.FROM INSIDE SHE WAS JUST LIKE HER NAME,SWEET AND FULL OF LOVE & LIFE.BUT IN THIS MATERIALISTIC WORLD EVERYONE LOOKS FOR OUTER BEAUTY WHICH SHE UNFORTUNATELY DIDN’T POSSESS.WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD SAY TILL 10 YRS, SHE WAS KINDA MODE OF ENTERTAINMENT FOR HER FRIENDS AND FAMILY.EVERYONE LOVED HER.BUT AS SHE GREW UP EVERYONE STARTED LAUGHING AT HER AND MAKING A FOOL OUT OF HER.IT WASN’T SO THAT HER PARENTS DIDN’T LOVE HER BUT JUST THEY DIDN’T UNDERSTAND WAT IT FEELS BEING LAUGHED AT.EVEN HER BEST FRIEND DID THIS TO HER WHOM SHE THOUGHT WOULD NEVER DO SO.SHE TRIED EVERYTHING TO LOSE WEIGHT BUT NO TRICK WORKED OUT.SHE WAS EXTREMELY EXCELLENT IN HER STUDIES AND ALL OTHERS BEING JEALOUS OF HER.SHE NEVER TRIED TO SHOW OFF HER TALENT AND ALWAYS REMAINED CALM AND PATIENT. BUT ONE GIRL NAMED MAGGIE, WHO ALWAYS GOT BEHIND IN THE RESULTS BECAUSE OF ROSE, HATED HER AND ALWAYS TRY TO PULL HER LEG.ROSE NEVER MINDED THIS, THOUGH SHE WAS A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED AT THIS , BUT SHE NEVER PAID MUCH HEED TO IT.ALTHOUGH MAGGIE AND HER PARENTS TRIED TO INDIRECTLY HURT ROSE BUT SHE MANAGED TO KEEP COOL AND ALWAYS TRIED TO BE FRIENDS WITH HER.ROSE ALWAYS WORKED HARD BUT AS WE SAY EVERYTHING IS IN THE HANDS OF GOD AND FATE,THERE WAS A TIME WHEN ROSE WAS NOWHERE IN TOP 10.IT WAS SO DISHEARTENING FOR HER BUT WHAT COULD BE DONE.THEN THE SECTIONS GOT MIXED UP AND NEW SECTIONS WERE MADE.ONE GUY IN THIS NEW SECTION OF ROSE WAS THE SAME WHO SHARED THE BUS WITH ROSE.HE KNEW HOW INTELLIGENT ROSE WAS.HE TOLD IT TO ALL HIS FRIENDS AND FROM THEN NO ONE TALKED TO ROSE AS IF ALL WERE HIS ENEMIES.BUT THERE WAS ONE GUY WHO TALKED TO ROSE AND ROSE THOUGHT OF GETTING ATLEAST ONE FRIEND BUT HE ALSO LIKE HIS FRIENDS BETRAYED ROSE .DISAPPOINTED ROSE PROMISED HERSELF NOT TO MAKE ANYONE HIS FRIEND.IN THE CLASS ROSE WAS ALWAYS SECOND BUT GAVE A GOOD TURNOVER TO THE CLASS’ HERO ROCKY ,WHO HATED ROSE BECAUSE HE THOUGHT HOW COULD ANYONE BE SO INTELLIGENT LIKE HIM AND THAT TOO A GIRL.THEN THE MOMENT CAME TO WHICH ROSE WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO. ROSE GOT A REMARKABLE 6th POSITION AMONG ALL SETIONS AND ROCKY GOT JUST 2 MARKS MORE THAN ROSE. SHE WAS SO ELATED AND RELIEVED AT THIS TIME AND HER PARENTS WERE ALSO VERY PROUD OF HER.ROSE ALWAYS HAD A DREAM OF BECOMING A DOCTOR SO SHE COULD HELP THOSE POOR PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO GET HOSPITALISED BECAUSE THEY DON’T HAVE MONEY.SHE AND HER FATHER ALWAYS KEPT TALKING ABOUT THIS.SO SHE TOOK MEDICAL STREAM IN SCHOOL BUT GUESS WHAT , ROCKY WAS ALSO IN THAT SAME SECTION AS THAT OF ROSE.AGAIN SAME THINGS WERE ABOUT TO HAPPEN.BUT THEN ROSE HARDENED HERSELF TO DISARM EVERY HURDLE THAT CAME INTO HER WAY BECAUSE HER GOAL WAS MUCH MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANYTHING ELSE.BUT YOU CAN’T BE THAT HARD TO SHOW NO FEELINGS.
WITH THESE GROWING YEARS , SHE FELT LONELINESS AS HER BEST FRIEND AND TRIED TO REMAIN AS SOLITARY AS POSSIBLE.SHE DIDN’T EVEN DISCLOSE ANYTHING TO HER PARENTS WHOM SHE WAS VERY CLOSE TO.SHE KEPT EVERYTHING WITHIN HERSELF.SHE SAT ALONE IN THE ROOM THINKING AND TALKING TO GOD; WHOM SHE THOUGHT WERE THE ONLY ONE WHO UNDERSTOOD HER FEELINGS.THIS WASN’T KNOWN TO HER PARENTS.IN HER CLASS SHE ONCE MORE TRIED TO BE FRIENDS WITH ROCKY AND HIS GANG BUT THEY JUST HUMILIATED ROSE AND SHE WAS SO DEPRESSED AT THIS.NO WONDER WAT A LIFE SHE WAS LIVING.WHAT WAS HER MISTAKE ? JUST THAT SHE WAS FAT AND MORE INTELLIGENT THAN OTHERS AND FOR THIS THEY ALWAYS TRY TO HURT HER…NO ONE , EXCEPT GOD, UNDERSTOOD HER FEELINGS.EVEN HER RELATIVES AND PARENTS LAUGHED AT HER THOUGH THEY WERE NOT SERIOUS BUT THEN IT HURTS BEING LAUGHED AT AND THAT TOO IN FRONT OF HER LITTLE SIBLINGS.YOU CAN’T EXPECT FROM A 16 YR OLD TO BE THAT PATIENT SO AS TO AVOID HER INSULT AND BE HAPPY.IT WAS A EVERYDAY ROUTINE FOR ROSE.THINGS CHANGED AND SHE WENT FOR A VACATION TO HER GRANNY.SHE LOVED THAT PLACE.THE COOL BREEZE, MOUNTAINS SMOTHERED WITH SNOW, BLUE LAKES AND GREENERY AROUND.EVERYTHING WAS JUST SO PERFECT AND RELIEVING THAT SHE WONDERED IF SHE WAS ALONE IN THESE SNOW COVERED MOUNTAINS AND JUST RELAX AND ENJOY THE BEAUTY OF NATURE. IT WAS JUST LIKE ANOTHER HEAVEN WITH GOD’S PRESENCE BEING FELT.BUT ALL HER DREAMS WERE SHATTERED WHEN THE SAME THINGS HAPPENED HERE ALSO.SHE COULDN’T GO OUT BECAUSE EVERYONE KEPT STARING AT HER AND LAUGHED AT HER.HER MOTHER ALWAYS TOLD HER THAT BESIDES YOU OTHERS ARE ALSO FAT AND THEY DON’T CARE FOR THIS THING.BUT ROSE KNEW SHE COULDN’T DO THIS.SHE JUST COULDN’T AVOID OTHER’S STEEPY LOOK TOWARDS HER.
AS THE YEAR PASSED,SHE BECAME SERIOUS ABOUT HER STUDIES BECAUSE SHE HAD TO GIVE MEDICAL ENTERANCE.SHE STUDIED VERY HARD , HAD A DREAM IN HER HEART AND DID EVERY POSSIBLE THING.BUT UNLIKE SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS NOT SELECTED. HER PARENTS WERE ANGRY AT HER BUT THEY NEVER SAID A THING TO ROSE SO THAT SHE DON’T FEEL BAD.ROSE HAD TRIED HARD BUT CHILDREN WHO WERE AVERAGE GOT AWAY WITH THE SEAT BY PAYING BRIBES AND ROSE WAS LEFT BEHIND.SHE REMAINED CALM AS TO HER PARENTS , BUT INSIDE SHE WAS TOTALLY BROKEN, SO MUCH THAT SHE EVEN THOUGHT OF ENDING HER LIFE. SHE WAS FEELING SO MUCH GUILTY BECAUSE SHE KNEW WHAT IT MEANT FOR HER FATHER.ALL THE TIME SHE THOUGHT OF THIS BUT SHE COULD SAY NOTHING TO HER PARENTS. TIME PASSED AWAY BUT THIS WOUND WASN’T GOING TO HEEL SO EASILY.HER PARENTS TRIED TO REASSURE HER BUT ROSE KNEW THAT FROM INSIDE THEY WERE HEART BROKEN AND WERE HELPLESS BECAUSE THEY COULD DO NOTHING.HER FATHER WAS SO DEPRESSED THAT HE STOPPED GOING TO WORK AND REMAINED AT HOME. HE NEVER COMPLAINED TO ROSE BUT SHE COULD FEEL THE HATRED IN HIS EYES FOR HER AND HIS HELPLESNESS TOO.ROSE WAS SO ASHAMED OF HERSELF BUT SHE COULD DO NOTHING, JUST KEPT ON PRAYING TO GOD TO MAKE HIS FATHER HAPPY. AS MONTHS PASSED , CONDITION BECAME NORMAL AND ROSE PLEDGED TO WORK HARD AND GIVE ONE MORE SINCERE TRY .HER PARENTS ALSO SUPPORTED HER THOUGH SHE KNEW THEY WERE DISAPPOINTED WITH HER.ROSE STARTED STUDYING AGAIN.THOUGH HER FATHER SHOWED INTEREST IN HER STUDIES BUT NOT THAT MUCH AS EARLIER HE USED TO.SHE KNEW SHE WON’T BE ABLE TO REGAIN THEIR CONFIDENCE .
AT FIRST SHE WAS VERY NERVOUS AND SUSPICIOUS AS TO WHAT WILL HAPPEN THIS TIME. BUT THEN GOD , WHOM SHE BELIEVED IN IMMENSELY GUIDED HER AND SHE STARTED WORKING ON IT.
SHE GAVE EXAMS NEXT TIME AND GUESS WHAT, SHE WAS AMONG TOP 10 AND GOT A SEAT IN THE COUNTRY’S MOST REPUTED MEDICAL COLLEGE.HER PARENTS WERE SO PROUD OF HER AND ROSE…
ROSE WAS THANKING TWO PEOPLE WHO PLAYED UTMOST ROLE IN HER SUCCESS : FIRST OFCOURSE HER FATHER AND SECOND AND THE MOST IMPORTANT , ANY GUESSES, OK I TELL U ITS, GOD.
SHE WAS SO THANKFUL TO GOD FOR MAKING HIS PARENTS HAPPY AND SHE WISHED THAT GOD GIVE HER STRENGHT AND BLESS HER. YOU THINK THIS IS THE END OF THE STORY BUT YOU ARE WRONG.
THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF A NEW CHALLENGING , HORRIFYING AND EXCITING LIFE .BUT ROSE DOESN’T FIND IT HORRIFYING AS SHE HAS GOD ALWAYS THERE TO HELP HER AND SUPPORT HER WHENEVER SHE NEED HIM.NOW ROSE IS NOT FEARED OF BEING LAUGHED AT BECAUSE SHE KNOWS THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO DOESN’T LOOK FOR OUTER BEAUTY BUT LOOK FOR THAT PURE , SWEET INNER BEAUTY AND INTELLIGENCE WHICH ROSE HAS IN ABUNDANCE.
WHAT YOU THINK,
ROSE IS ALL SET TO ROCK THIS WORLD AND SHE PRETTY WELL KNOWS HOW TO…. |
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