There is a reason that you are what you are. | by The Woven Thought | Jul, 2025

When he was in 9th class he was very intelligent (and still is).he was the topper of his class.
There was a boy in his class—Very shy, quiet, lazy, below average in studies.

He didn’t focus in class. The teacher remained concerned about him. They tried almost everything to make him study and pay attention but he was never able to learn anything. Most of the time he didn’t even speak.
Everyone made fun of him.
The teacher started to criticize him. That he was not able to do anything in life. He still didn’t react or change.
Everyone believed that he wouldn’t even pass the class.
But then a sudden twist came. He passed the class with bare minimum marks. Everyone was surprised because he was expected to score 0 or maybe 1mark at most— but he passed.
Some encouraged him and many were suspicious. How? How did he manage that?
My teacher —who was the second topper of the class —thought the same but still encouraged him: you did well. If you work a little harder you can pass the boards too.
Whatever you did this time, do it again. At least you become a 10th graduate.

But the boy remained the same— silent, unfocussed, unchanged.
Then came the board exams and once again he passed.
The same reactions returned.what he did in exams? How did he manage? not doing anything all year yet he passed.

The same thing happened in the 12th board exams. This time he shocked everyone by passing with first division marks.
My teacher also passed with a first division. And after that they parted ways.

My teacher joined a university and had no idea where the boy went.

Years later my teacher became a lecturer at a senior secondary school. Enjoying his life, thinking “I got what I deserved — I worked hard since childhood and it paid off”.

One day, he went to visit one of his old teachers — the one who had appreciated his efforts.
Somehow, the boy’s name came up in the conversation.
His teacher asked, “Do you know where he is now? What is he doing?”

My teacher said, “No idea. Maybe doing a job and caring for his family. Or maybe not — maybe doing some labor work or something like that.”

There was another boy as I mentioned. My teacher was the second topper of the class, where is the first one now. He had secured a job at a primary school very early in life—When my teacher was struggling.
This made my teacher question himself:

“Despite being a topper, why am I still behind?”

But eventually, he became a lecturer — and he felt satisfied:
“The delay paid off.”

Come back where the boy is now. What he does for his living.

Then came the real surprise:
And his teacher told him

The boy no one believed in, the one who barely passed…
He was not where anyone had imagined.

That same boy —
Is now a scientist at a national space organization.

Everyone in my class was in awe.
My teacher told me, “That was exactly my reaction when I found out.”

And that day, I learned something I’ll never forget:

Anyone can achieve anything — at any stage of life.
Early success doesn’t mean you’ll get the best.
A delay doesn’t mean you’ll never make it.
And never imagined doesn’t mean it would never happen.