Pic1000 : His Passion

What do I see?

I see a man wearing red boxing gloves. From his stance, it's clear he is a professional boxer.

What do I feel?

I feel some sort of admiration seeing as he is passionate about his profession.

Story

Micheal has always wanted to be a professional boxer. His mum had always kicked against the idea because she doesn't think he could make a career out of it. More importantly, she never wanted him to earn his living with his fists.

She tried convincing him to take on a different profession. She made sure she kept him busy with his books and ensured he studied constantly but any leisure time he had, he spent it on exercises and throwing his fists in the air.

Micheal never had problems with his grades. He's not a straight A student but his academic performance was more than average.

It took a long time but when his mum finally saw that there was nothing she could do to change his mind about becoming a professional boxer, she decided to enrol him in a local boxing gym where he would start learning the basics.

The owner of the gym turned out to be someone she knew and she was glad that at least her son would be in good hands.

Michael's training began and he couldn't be happier. As time went on, the training became more intense but he never gave up. He knew he had to achieve his goal.

Despite enrolling him, his mum still wasn't fully okay with the idea. She would watch him come back home sometimes, feeling tired and weak from his training and a part of her wished he would see that becoming a boxer is not an easy feat and let go of his dreams. Instead, the training made him more focused and dedicated.

When the coach came with him to the house one day to discuss Michael's intention to go professional, she almost sank to her knees. She held her son's hands, begging him not to do it but Micheal promised his mom it would all be okay.

She went with him for his first ring fight but couldn't stand the scene. There, she promised herself she would stay away from his fights.

Micheal lost his first fight, he didn't let the defeat deter him. He was still motivated to become better.

Though she promised not to be physically present during his fights, she still watched all of his fights on TV.

Many fights later, Micheal was qualified to challenge and fight the reigning champion. A fight that would put his name in the history books.

On the day of the fight, she sat there among the crowd watching as the two boxers came into the ring.

As the match began she watched as the first blow landed on her son and her heart almost left her chest. She closed her eyes and said a little prayer for him.

She watched on as the match continued and in the end Michael won, stamping his name in the history books.

As he held on to his belt and raised it up, his eyes darted to the crowd and he saw her, his mum, clasping her hands together with a huge smile on her face.

A tear fell off his eyes because he knew that as much as she hated boxing from the start, her love for him won in the end.

Thank you for reading.

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