Walk alone... Walk strong

"You may choose a path to walk... Or you may walk where no one goes, and leave a trail to create a path."

Walking alone on a road would be a foolish act, specially at night. But walking alone in your life is a sign of great potential, patience, perseverance and calmness.

In the movie Batman, there was a similarity between Bruce Wayne and the Joker, given that one was considered a hero while the other was demonised as a villain. However, both had the courage to walk alone, which made them similar in a way. But, the reason behind them being so in their life was the tragic events they witnessed.

Batman or Bruce Wayne saw his parents dying in front of him, who were shot by a criminal on the road while walking. On the other hand, Joker was originally a failed comedian, but in order to support his pregnant wife, he had to turn into an insane criminal. And in the process, he once fell into a tank of waste chemicals, which disfigured his appearance, and made him an even worse criminal.

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Without these tragic events, they could also have been just a white-collar schmuck like others.

The first and the foremost thing to walk alone is to profess courage. And to profess courage, one needs to face the darkest fears of life, i.e, fear of death, fear of darkness and fear of being alone. Once you overcome such fears, you will start to understand that infinite courage is hidden within yourself. In the words of a wise man, "courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not the absence of it". So, there would be no such thing like courage, if there were no fear.

Most of the time, we are afraid of change. But, in order to progress, we must evolve our conscience and keep pushing. And once we start doing so, people start talking about us, and not just in a good way, but mostly in an ugly manner. But this is where we have to stay the strongest, and stay focused.

Those who chose to walk alone, never get to hang out or party with their friends, neither they care what others think about them. They just stay concentrated at their goal.

If you ask for suggestions, most people would tell you to be social and communicate with others, in order to stay strong, stay motivated and stay happy. But that's a total myth, a misconception among most of us.

The real potential inside someone is discovered, when he chose to walk alone and be silent. Silence is the most powerful asset for such people. Think about some of the greatest pioneers from history. Did they choose to be social? If they had done so, they would have ended up like rest, and we won't be even having this conversation.

We must have the courage to lead ourselves, if we don't want to be in the rat race. A predictable life is not worth living as we have the comfort of knowing what is expected. But, being brave enough just in our imagination and not in reality, is a sign that we always doubt ourselves. And we doubt ourselves because we are afraid what others would think. This is the fear that convince us and prevent us from taking the first step to walk alone.

In a crowd, we may have so many examples, so many people we may admire, but when we walk alone, our only example is ourselves, the only one we admire is ourselves. Considering some other person as your idol, can give you a temporary boost, but what stays forever, is the very fact that you are your own idol.

Walking alone is a brave act in itself. It may seem tough initially, but once you start practising it, believe me, you'll enjoy it, because you'll have the freedom to be yourself!

" The one who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The one who walks alone, is likely to find oneself in places no one ever been before!"