Be Brave

I once read a story about a ship that was caught in a cyclone in the south Sea Island, and there was a picture of it in the ILLUSTRATED London News. All of them were wrecked except one English vessel, which weathered the storm. The picture showed the men who were going to be drowned, standing on the decks and cheering the people who were sailing through the storm. Be brave and generous like that.

Whenever darkness comes, assert the reality and everything adverse must vanish. For, after all, it is but a dream. Mountain high though the difficulties appear, terrible and gloomy though all things seem, they are but delusions. Fear not- it is banished. Crush it, and it vanishes. Stamp upon it, and it dies. Be not afraid. Think not how many times you fail. Never mind. Time is infinite. Go forward; assert yourself again and again, and light must come. You may pray to everyone that was ever born, but who will come to help you? And what of the way of death from which none knows escape? Help thyself out by thyself. None else can help thee, friend. For thou alone art thy greatest enemy, thou alone art thy greatest friends. Get hold of the self, then. Stand up. Don’t be afraid.

Go on bravely. Do not expect success in a day or a year. Always hold on to the highest. Be steady. Avoid jealousy and selfishness. Be obedient and eternally faithful to the cause of truth, humanity and your country, and your will move the world. Remember it is the person, the life, which is the secret of power – nothing else... jealousy is the bane of all slaves. It is the bane of our nation. Avoid that always. All blessing attend you and all success.

Source:- “Personality Development” written by Swami Vivekanad Ji.