This is when the battle hymns begin.
“Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death, Rode the six hundred.
‘Forward, the Light Brigade! Charge for the guns’ he said,
Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. “
– Alfred , Lord Tennyson
I quoted “The Charge of the Light Brigade” because it still ignites the same passion in me, the first time I heard it.
Tomorrow is the beginning of the great battle. Many of you have been gearing up solely for this day. Some of you are fully prepared, and armed to the teeth. Many of you are doubtful and jittery about your level. And then there are those who have lost hope.
What I iterate is ; March forward, all guns blazing. Give it ALL that you got. This may not be the end, but this is all you need to concern yourself with right now. The convoluted criterion of B-schools, The GD-PI preparations, your Parents aspirations, your immediate future; everything needs to be put to sleep for a while. You got to be short sighted for now, and steamroll ahead.
Do not go quietly into the night.
Do not prepare for the worst. Do not name excuses. Do not let the fatigue set-in. You wanted your chance? Well , here it is! Pummel it to the ground! Don’t let go , don’t fall back; keep the play going till you are breathing. You have been preparing, lying low in attack, this is the time to pounce!
You want to lie back, and get it over with? Or you wanna make it a story worth telling? You know you have it in you, so what’s stopping you? Past failures haunting you? Or misfortune mocking you? Well here’s your retribution. Show them what stuff legends are made of.
Unleash a blitzkrieg you never thought you were capable of. And when the dust clears, the world will witness what the birth of a star looks like.
And people will know.
You will know.
That a Phoenix, only rises from its ashes.
When can their glory fade ?
O the wild charge they made!
All the world wonder’d.
Honour the charge they made!
Honour the Light Brigade, Noble six hundred!
-Dark-Phoenix