Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anyone expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
It is well said that pressure for outside breaks an egg and thereby ends a life. But on the other hand when the chick from withing the egg breaks open the egg shell and comes out the pressure from within begins a life.
Similary unless and untill we reach the level of self improvement, unless and untill we develop a desire to excel no outer pressure can help us attain our set targets.
Possessing a sweet tongue but a rotten heart will not do us any good.
Gurbani says that we may speak sweetly with the people around us but within our hearts we carry negativity and bad thoughts will be like trying to churn water for butter.
The ultimate aim for all of us should be to purify ourselves from within.
There's no other way to attain salvation.
Normally it is seen that when a child trips and falls off or gets hurt from an object and starts crying, mother comes rushing towards him and not only picks him up in her lap but also starts hitting the floor upon which the child had fallen or the object due to which the child had got hurt. This she does inorder to pacify the child so that he stops crying. But in doing so she iinvariably creates an impression in the mind of the child that whatever or whosoever hurts you should be punished. She sows the seed of, "Revengefulness" in the mind of the child for his entire life.
Only if the mother can react by both picking up the child in her lap and simultaneously caress and cajole the floor upon which the child had fallen or the object with which the child had got hurt or wounded the child will develop to look around him with compassion and care.
Each time you are honest and conduct yourself with honesty, a success force will drive you toward greatter success.
Each time you lie, even with a little white lie, there are strong forces pushing you toward failure.
What you hear and belief so you become.
M K Gandhi has so nicely put this in the following golden words:-
Air can't save a man falling from a height.
Smoke can't save a man getting burnt with fire.
Waves can't save a man from drowning in the ocean.
In other words we may say that a weaker element can't be of a great help to a person in need.
The only support that one should look forward to is that of the Almighty Lord who is all pervading, ominipresent, self sufficient and merciful.
Hence it is rightly said in Guru Granth Sahib ji, "Aas kariye Ram ki Avra aas niraas."
Looking for support else where will always be futile.
Ek Simar! Ek Simar! Ek Simar re Bande!
Life is the acceptance of responsibilities or their evasion; it is a business of meeting obligations or avoiding them.
To every man the choice is continually being offerem and by the manner of his choosing, you may fairly, measure him.
In a workplace duties are assigned to the empoyess by the employer or the manager expecting the best from them.
Few employees take on the the assigned duties with utmost seriousness and execute them to the best of their abilities because they love to do so.
Few execute the duties out of fear.
And few are expert in neither bothering to consult the seniors nor even executing their tasks.
It is
really sad that we make the reel scripted film actors and actresses as our
idols and glorify them.
If at all
anyone has to be called real heroes then
they should be ones who join the Defence
Services of any nation.
No other
profession in the word involves risk to life as much as the Defence Services.
Even the
word, ‘Martyr’ has been misused to the extent that it becomes disrespectful for
the people who lay down their lifes in Defence Forces.
