“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” ~Arthur Ashe It was a quiet evening at Boat Quay.
The sun was setting, casting warm golden hues over the water, and the air smelled faintly of salt and street food. I was sitting on the riverbank with a close friend, my head heavy with thoughts that refused to settle. “I’m thirty,” I said, breaking the silence.
My voice quivered with frustration. “I haven’t achieved anything. Look at Joseph Schooling—he’s younger than me and a gold medalist!
My other friend started his own business. And me? I’m just… here.” The words tumbled out of me, raw and unfiltered. My friend looked at me with a mixture of concern and helplessness.
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