Thank you Shruthi :). Nice to hear from you! I agree, sometimes the inner self poses the strongest challenge. I believe we are all very strong to ward off the external influence and the challenge it poses, but when it comes to the inner ones, those are much bigger challenges than they seem to be..

I like your thoughts on success, it has got nothing to do with winning. Winning is sometimes a sheer acknowledgement that we followed the right process, the real success of any goal perhaps lies in the effort and the whole morale of who you are and what you get to become through the process. :)

Thank you Nitin :) .. Ha ha, hugs mate! :)

Thank you Issac :)

Thank you Abhijit Ji :). True that! not many of us have to the conviction to keep going ahead when we hit a reef. I think it is sometimes even natural to stop when we hit a reef and reconsider. But it cannot be accepted when the reconsideration is giving up, continuing the metaphor, we have dived into the sea, the only way out is across :)

Thank you Maniparna :)