Today I was reading news and I came across a story about a girl named Bharti from Roorkee, Haryana, and honestly, it really moved me. I’m not great at writing, but I felt like sharing this because it stayed in my head.
So basically, Bharti didn’t start her journey thinking she would become a boxer or anything big. She actually went to the stadium just to lose weight, because people at home kept commenting about how she looked. Her parents even told her to go with her cousin Monika so she could exercise and reduce weight. She was tired of listening to all that, and maybe that’s why she went.
But when she reached the stadium, she saw athletes training like crazy — punching bags, running, sweating, pushing themselves. Something changed inside her. Slowly she got interested in boxing, and one day she put on gloves just to try. And then she never stopped.
From going there because of taunts… she ended up becoming an international boxer. Now she’s preparing for big tournaments and dreams of representing India even more.
While reading this, one thought came strongly to my mind from Atomic Habits, a line that says:
“Environment is the invisible hand that shapes human behaviour.”
I felt this so deeply. If Bharti had stayed at home, surrounded by negativity, maybe nothing would have changed. But the moment she stepped into a different environment, everything changed — her habits, her confidence, even her identity.
It made me think that sometimes we don’t need motivation or big plans. We just need to put ourselves in the right place, around the right people. The rest follows little by little.
Bharti went to lose weight, but she found purpose instead.
She entered the stadium just to escape taunts, and came out as a champion.
Honestly, this story made me feel that maybe all of us just need to take that first step into the right environment. Who knows what we might become?
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