I would like to share a short story of how I felt while first public speaking. I believe that it is inspiring and tell you about some simple challenges you face while you're a kid or might be even when you're young.

1. How I felt while first public speaking
Public speaking can be a very frightening moment for most of us. While many people enjoy it,
for me, my first anchoring experience is filled with surprises and perhaps many stressing
moments. It was the summer of the year 2010. I was in my sixth grade when one day some
teachers came to me and told me that I had been selected as one of the anchors of the Annual
function that was soon going to be held. My joy knew no boundaries; but it was the first time I
was going to speak in front of a mass so I got a little frightened. I was not a very confident
person. So keeping my heart from getting afraid, I joined the team of 10 students who were
going to host the show.
The next day, I went to my school feeling proud that I was one among the team. The teacher
gave me my script and told me to practice it really well because the Annual function was in a
week. So, I took the script in my hand and carefully read my lines. Then, I scrupulously folded it
and kept it in my bag. Then, I went home and started reading it; I read it several times. I was
afraid that I would forget it on the right day. So, I kept reading it. But later I found it an
amusement so I forgot the main reason of reading it and stated reading it for fun. I read it in
different accents and voices and suddenly I realized that I shouldn’t have wasted time doing
that. I looked at the clock and found that it was 10 pm. I quickly went to bed.
And after a week came the Annual function that I had been quite frightened about. Just about
only 3 days ago, I had recovered from a sore throat. So, I wasn’t much confident but I had
inspiration in my heart. I looked at the other people’s performances and looking at how well
they did, I got a little bit more nervous because I thought I couldn’t do it as good as they could. I
hadn’t slept all night; I couldn’t. So, I was very tired.
Then it was my turn. The teacher called me to the backstage and gave me the microphone. I
held it tightly with my shivering hands. Then, with butterflies in my stomach, I slowly got on the
stage. I couldn’t feel myself when I was in the stage; I forgot everything and my mind went
blank. I was almost frozen when I saw everybody staring at me; everybody’s eye was stuck on
me. Then, I took a deep breath and calmed down. I then forgot the lines of my script and
started talking to the audience as if I knew each one of them very well. I forgot about the
announcement and started to talk about funny things. And, just when I was in the middle of a
joke I was sharing, a teacher behind the curtains softly whispered about the announcement.
And I got a bit nervous and was embarrassed about what I did. I quickly stopped my stupid talks
and announced the next program. Then I was badly scolded by the teacher; I was demotivated.

2. I thought I was useless and was unable to announce. I returned home disheartened but my
parents kept consoling me telling me that I had done a great job. But, I didn’t believe them.
The next day when I went to school, I was up for a surprise. The principle called me which made
me really badly frightened. I entered his cabin and was soon surrounded by teachers. I got
really nervous and before they could say anything, I apologized about my mistake. The principle
intervened and told me that I had actually hosted very well. But I could remember nothing that
time about my anchoring except for the fact that I had messed up a lot of things. I was pleased
to hear that but was also confused. I got inspired and felt quite happy later. And from that day,
I learned that whenever the time gets though and the roads get rough, listening to your heart is
the best solution. In fact it is like your heart knows about what will happen next and prepares
you for the moment.