The first verse of the very first chapter of the Bhagavad Gita that I learnt..
षोदशोध्याहः
ṣodaśoadhyāhaḥ
ष्रिमद्बगवनुवच
ṣrimadbagavanuvaca
अभयम् सत्वसम्श्रुथिग्ननयोगव्यवस्थिहि।
धनम् धमश्च यग्नसच स्वाध्यय स्थपार्जवम्।
abhayam satvasamśruthignanayogavyavasthihi
dhanam dhamaśca yagnasaca svādhyaya sthapārjavam
The blessed Lord said:
Fearlessness, cleanness of life, stedfastness in the Yoga of wisdom, almsgiving, self retraint and sacrifice and study of the Scriptures, austerity and straightforwardness....
Inspiration - I
IF....
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;
If you can dream--and not make dreams your master;
If you can think--and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools;
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on";
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings--nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run--
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And--which is more--you'll be a Man, my son!
- Rudyard Kipling
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;
If you can dream--and not make dreams your master;
If you can think--and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools;
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on";
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings--nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run--
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And--which is more--you'll be a Man, my son!
- Rudyard Kipling
Never felt so *helpless* in a very long time now. Was searching for a better word; then realized that this is the apt word. Too many things seem to look like they are`nt in my hands anymore, but I have seem to have the sole ownership rights. Too many things, too little time, too much work.....same story different day.
Where is all the confidence, the preseverence, the will to succeed?? I have always been so sure of what-ever I have wanted in life and also how to get it all. Now I know what I want too, but sadly, I dont know how I am going to do it.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!!!!!!
Where is all the confidence, the preseverence, the will to succeed?? I have always been so sure of what-ever I have wanted in life and also how to get it all. Now I know what I want too, but sadly, I dont know how I am going to do it.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!!!!!!
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