Be Optimistic 1

Tamerlane, the Emperor of Turkey, was continuously defeated in many wars. In the 21^st encounter, his army was depleted and limited to his personal bodyguards only. Once he was sitting in a cave plunged in deep thought when he saw an ant trying to climb up a wet stone. The creature fell down again and again but it did not lose hope and went on trying to go up. This incident gave him encouragement. He thought like this. "If tiny creature could attempt several times to go up in spite of failures and had not become disheartened, why should I, a human being lose heart? He mustered up courage, gathered strength, collected the resources and defeated the enemy. Strong desires build up the quality of work by which persons become capable of executing bit plans, like Tamerlane.

A man of character never becomes despondent because his feelings and emotions are high and progressive. Every minute he battles with difficulties and maintains the capacity to achieve his objectives. Men of superior order, even in times of danger, get the light of hope and with this improve their circumstances. If only Harishchandra, the very embodiment of truth, had despaired whether he would be able to give the due fees to his preceptor, he would have gone into oblivion. He had not in his possession what his teacher wanted. Landing himself in difficulties and selling his wife and children, he paid the dues of his teacher and thus gave a clear indication of his quality of robust optimism. Man is not a slave of circumstances, he decides his own fate but this is possible only if he has a hopeful bent of mind. Before undertaking any piece of work such a person carefully weights the pros and cons. He searches for and removes all difficulties, collects the necessary resources and then takes up the work with maximum attention and wisdom. No obstacle, however serve, can discourage him. Only such an individual achieves success. Only that person, who entertains positive thoughts, gives relief to those who are immersed in negativity and entangled in troubles; he alone gives inspiration and light to society. But a dispirited being is an impersonation of mental weakness, creates all round imbalances and pushes others also in utter darkness. A frustrated person never achieves success in life. He sees everywhere only misfortune and unkindness of God. The heinous qualities of finding fault with others, jealousy, hatred and other mental aberrations and weaknesses firmly get hold of him. A person of sanguine temperament perceives auspiciousness in all directions; for him, the world is a merry playground having nothing to do with apprehensions and perplexities. Every moment, he experiences beauty and sweetness in creation. Even poverty and want do not dampen his spirits. Hopefulness and self-confidence are his permanent companions. Such a combination exists in nature also; waves in ocean, light in the flame of a lamp, and heat in fire. It is but natural that a hopeful person is self-reliant. By the virtue of self-confidence, all the latent powers within him are awakened to their full potential. With the exercise of this innate strength, he achieves phenomenal success in anything he undertakes. Work done with the full exercise of one's mental capacity is never unsuccessful. on the contrary, despondency is a blemish which confuses the mind and destroys its capacity. In such a state the pessimistic individual undertakes any work with fear and half-heartedness. it is no wonder that he fails. Where there is no hope, there is no effort. Without effort, nobody has achieved his objective in this world up till now. It will be so in future too.