TRY, TILL YOU SUCCEED

Twelve months have gone since I started to write a topic once a month starting from January, 2009. I should say it was eventful and the responses from the readers and my well wishers were enthralling and I went into ecstasy. What I had started off as a hobby has ended up in a habit making me continue my journey of writing about different subjects that we encounter in everyday life. A careful analysis of the happenings around us and making midway corrections will bring a change in a person and give him ananda or bliss.

Here I am pleased to exchange my thoughts on the word “I” in a poetic form.

If I am I, because I am I
And you are you because you are you
Then I am and you are.
But If I am I, because you are you
And you are you because I am I
Then I’m not and you’re not
But we are not.

The alphabet “I” when spelt makes you get into agankara (ego) mode and induces you into a feeling that you (refers to “I”) are great and can surmount any obstacles that you come across in your daily mundane life. In reality it is that supreme power or the bagawan or the almighty who lends us a helping hand to surmount any difficulty that we are posed with at all times. Till this realization sets in to your mind, you will be an ignorant human being. If you have good thoughts you will attract good things and if you have diseased thought you will attract disease. Thinking of god and chanting the mantra “Om” will keep us in good stead at all times as we have the protection of the almighty.


There is an underlying philosophy that comes to my mind while I am writing this page. It is interesting and thought provoking as it conveys the truth and brings out the fact of life. It goes like this:-

‘The rain it raineth on the just and also on the unjust fella but chiefly on the just because the unjust steals the just’s Umbrella’.

If we understand this, we become realized souls and start appreciating what is happening to us including the twists and the turns of everyday life that we encounter. We should bear in mind that at any cost we should not give up our efforts in fulfilling our goals and aspirations. We should not quit till we succeed. I am reminded of a Poem which I am pleased to share with everyone.

When things go wrong as they sometimes will,
When the road you’re trudding seems all uphill,
When funds are low and the debts are high,
When care is pressing you down a bit-
Rest if you must but don’t quit…..


Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns;
And many a fellow turns about
When he might have won, had he stuck it out.
Don’t give up though the pace seems slow
You may succeed with another blow.


Often the goal is nearer than
It seems to a faint and faltering man;
Often the struggler has given up
When he might have captured the victor’s cup;
And he learned too late when the night came down,
How close he was to the winning crown,


Success is Failure turned inside out
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt
You never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems afar
So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit
It’s when things seem worse that you mustn’t quit.


Don’t quit but turn to god for
He who has shielded you all these days
He is the doer and also the destroyer
He who has given a helping hand always
In your efforts to attain your goal
He who is omnipotent, omnipresent and omniscient

I am also reminded of King Bruce and the Spider story where the king in distress observes a spider who kept on weaving the web till it got the shape and perfect enough to catch its prey. Thus if we are determined to succeed, our thought process should always be on how to win and never think about the word Quit. The moral of the story is try - try - try again till you succeed.

S.SEKAR
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