In the title, I have to be honest when I say, I was trying to be clever and change the name SIP to sum up what I have felt over the last 7 weeks. I knew stretching was the right word to start with but I couldn’t decide what should come after that. It’s not because my English is terrible, because I have access to a thesaurus, but the truth is that I could have put any word in there and it would have fit.
The last seven weeks have stretched me, not only psychologically, but physically and my personality has seen changes that I never would have dreamt of. We must all now know the incredible stories from our initial Abhyaas Varg and the programme has only gotten more intense, more inspiring and more integrated into my life.
I believe that the last seven weeks have seen me reach heights which I didn’t realise I was able to reach and have enabled me to bring all my skills and attributes to one project. What is more important, is that I have been able to bring these skills to something that I care about so deeply – Sangh and it is only over the last 7 weeks when I have truly lived as a swayamsevak. The quote “1 day shakha, 6 days Sangh work” has become my life. Working every minute of every day for Sangh has helped me to understand the philosophy of this organisation ten times better than I had in the past and I hope that I come out a better karyakarta for it.
From the very beginning I said that I wanted this is be a stepping stone, a starting point from which I am able to dedicate more time and more of my life for Sangh work but never did I realise the true potential of those words until now. In the space of weeks we have each been able to achieve so much, and if we were able to bring that same structure to our lives, we could do so much more.
This is the last week of SIP, but only the start of my life in Sangh and I hope that I can give as much towards our end goal as everybody has given to me over the last seven weeks. I will put everything towards this week’s work but I hope that others are thinking of apply next year, because SIP has changed my life forever and I hope that you find it does the same for you.
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