Unsuitable Boy

by Karan Johar

Nothing fails like success sometimes. So at the end of the day, expectations increase and living up to them is so stressful. Failure can be a beautiful place because there’s a way up then. Success is like holding on. How do you keep holding on to something that can easily slip out of your hands? You’re holding it tight, but when you hold something tight your entire body is tense. That’s what success is. It tenses you to the extent that your mind, body, heart, soul, everything is tense. But when you’re a failure, it has slipped out of your hands. So there’s an ease. There’s a certain comfort in it—oh, I failed, I’m sad; three days later I’ll rise again, I’ll try again. But when you’re holding on, gripping, every nerve in your body is tense. Success is a huge, huge burden to live with. It’s not easy. I get it. I get it on a subliminal and deep level.

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