The Fortunate girl

There was once a girl named Esther.
She registered for an essay competition which was organized for teen writers.
She practiced and prepared a lot because the winning prize was a huge sum of money.
A few days before the competing date, it was announced that the participants were to give oral speeches and not write essays.
Then, she figured out that she might not win as she was not really good at speaking out her mind
Notwithstanding, she showed up at the venue on the D-day.
Other participants, the panel of judges, hosts and guests were all present at the occasion.
Since the competing exercise had been changed, the competitors were asked to submit heir names if they were able to take up the challenge.
Esther decided not to come out and write down her name.
After a while the main activity of the day commenced and the submitted names were called upon.
One by one, they made their speech on the given topic.
Finally, the last person was called upon. The MC called out the name, “Esther”.
No one came forward. And so, Esther realized that she was the ONE.
She had no choice but to step out and make her opinion known.
She tried her best to express herself just as she would have written them on paper.
When she was done with her speech, she went back to her seat and the next event took off.
The judges put their heads together, sought each other’s opinion and collated their results.
Picking the winner was apparently a tough decision for the judges s they compared the performance, clarity, fluency, choice of words, composure and charisma of the competitors.
At last, after carefully presiding over the case at hand, they passed on the winner’s name ans the marks on to the announcer.
The announcer then announced the winner to the expectant and anxious spectators.
Alas, Esther had won even though she saw herself as not being worthy.
She went down on her knees and thanked God for the unexpected miracle.
She cried tears of joy because she and her parents were desperately in need of funds.
And likewise, she would be able to receive the recognition and assistance she had always wished for.
Esther was singled out at the occasion as the overall best.

The Moral Here:-

You never know what you are capable of doing until you are pushed.
Esther did not submit her name but still she was called out.
That shows that what we need in order to be successful in life is some sort of external force. One which will keep moving us forward and drive us to take calculated risks.
You can still make the most out of the rest of this year.
Sometimes it takes going through the bad moments to bring out the BEST in us.
I pray someone or something will push you into a greater height today.