Make a difference
Give it a preference
Wherever you go
Whatever you sow
Think not about your loss
Because it is a great cause
What is low, make it high
What is far, make it nigh
Where there is darkness, show light
Where there is sadness, bring delight
Change tears to smiles
Even if you have to walk an extra mile
Howsoever small it may seem
Howsoever useless it may deem
Do your own share
There is no time to waste and stare.
Make a difference, think wise
What has lost hope, make it rise.
Wherever you go, high or low
Whoever it maybe, friend or foe
Drops of differences makes an ocean
Just keep doing your portion.
One day all these will make a difference
Just because you gave it a preference!
It's very EASY to say, "its easy!"
No its not, nothing is. Nothing was meant to be easy. It is our job to make it easy by tons of hard work, sweat and blood. The fruit here in the picture did not just sprout. It is the ceaseless labor of the gardener and his conviction and the blessings of nature.
We all want to thrive in comfort zones that do not exist. They exist for only those people who want to live in fantasy, achieve nothing, continue to befool themselves and live in permanent misery.
To realize our dreams and ambitions, we need to venture OUT of our comfort zone and be warriors. If we believe in ourselves, we got to believe in hard work, in patience and tolerance. Life begins with struggle, we struggle to come out from the womb and struggle all the way to the tomb.
Even if born with a silver spoon, that spoon needs a lot of cleaning and polishing. Nothing is attained by doing nothing. Every movement counts, every effort is worth it.
The sword needs to come out of its scabbord to prove its power. It cannot be lying nestled in its case to know its skill. It has to go to the battle field and fight with other swords to gain victory. Otherwise it will just be a piece of worthless ornamentation.
It needs hard work, struggle, battle, sweat and blood to make it EASY. Nothing is easy on its own, other than "saying," it's easy!
Help means help, support or kindness. It does not mean an opportunity for "unnecessary advice" or "lectures. "
I am going to be precise and direct. When people are in need, they are not looking for advice. So let us put aside those unwanted words of what they should have and could have done. They know better. Conditions are already unfavorable for them. They are struggling with so many issues, while we try to add to them by offering advice that neither fits nor suits them. We must remember that what we are trying to squeeze in their precarious condition, might have already been tried out by them. Yet we insist and try to force something down their throats which already made them throw up?
The bottom line is, when we feel, realize or hear that people need help, let us keep our valuable advice to ourselves and instead of saying what "they" should and could have done, let us for a change say, loudly and clearly, what "WE" can do, what "WE" should do.
If the situation happens to be that there is nothing that we can do, let us accept our inability and disability to help rather than rescuing and justifying our own shortcomings.
It can be simple if each of us realized our own responsibility and did whatever we could. Let us help "out" , not help in and push the person further down in the deep hole of despair and darkness.
Help wanted .......not words!
Wait! Yes that's the key word. The flowers are buds now but they will bloom and blossom into pretty flowers with a sweet fragrance! They will not always remain like this.
But unfortunately, some of us have either not heard the word wait or did not come across it in any dictionary or so it seems.
Everything happens at the RIGHT time, the RIPE time, also known as the PERFECT TIME. It is the promise of nature, promise of time itsef and a promise of the highest order which does not bend to anyone's need, desire or convenience. It will happen when it is ready. Nothing will delay it and nothing will hasten it.
All we need to do is keep trying, keep building the mountain of effort and do our very best. Yes, sometimes circumstances are beyond our control. We do not control anything. In fact we control nothing. Hence, we should not even pretend that we do. By trying to be in control we often mess up everything and let all our efforts go in vain.
The beauty of every progress and success lies in the path of patience, which is guaranteed to end in a magnificent destination. We all get what we deserve and our level of patience decides for us. The higher the level, the more the certainty and greater the destiny.
Patience keeps whispering to us to wait. But we are in a rush. Ignorantly we turn deaf to that soft but consistent whisper and damage our success. A little more patience could have made us see a miracle but we gave up even though we were so close. Sometimes in our haste we are blind to our own success and let everything collapse right in front of our own eyes.
If only we had waited, what a huge difference we would have made to ourselves.
Wait, wait, please wait! Have patience! No matter how hard it may seem it has a lot attached to it. At the end of the string of patience lies your dream.
"Hold on," as LONG as you have to.
I would have done it, if only I had money, time or more strength, etc. No, that's not true. We don't need any of these things to make a difference. All we need is the will, intention and determination..... and we have the magic wand to make a difference!
What may be small and insignificant to us may be a whole world of difference to someone else. But little do we realize this. We just seem to take our own time wait to acquire vast resources before deciding to help. Help does not only mean some kind of materialistic help.
It is more about making a difference in a good and positive way. All we need is a little effort to bring joy, to put a smile on a sad face that had lost its smile, to comfort a person who has lost hope, to motivate someone who has reached the edge of his life and to uplift the spirit of lost and wandering souls.
The other day I saw a post on social media and it triggered a spark in me. Wow, I thought to myself that it is so true. Now listen to this,
Everything is easy, when you are crazy
Nothing is easy, when you are lazy
How very true. What I think is, if it matters to us we find a way to do it, but if it does not matter we find a way to put it away. When we want to do something, there is no but and if. We will lick it and knaw at it like a dog would a piece of bone. We will get to the very bottom of it. We will leave no leaf unturned. We will just not rest till we have achieved it. That is the evidence of the magnitude of our interest and seriousness.
Hence, there is no point in deceiving ourselves by believing that we would have done it if we had time or some help or something else. These are just flimsy reasons that show our lack of interest or our level of priority.
What is important, remains important no matter what. There is always a reason and a way to what matters to us. The minute we have a 'but' attached to it, let us honestly admit that it does not mean anything to us.
If we are serious we will get to it.
If we cannot get to it, there is no seriousness.
Period.
We are all so addicted to blaming. We blame others for any and every bad thing that happens to us. Our failure, our disaster, adversity, sickness, divorce etc. etc. The game of blame is not only easy, it is very addictive too. In fact, it is the only game we are good at. It needs no practice, no experience, no acumen, no NOTHING. It is just so natural and so inborn.
As infants our every discomfort is our mother's fault. Our brought up is our parent's incapability. Our shortcomings are their negligence. Our bad grades are our teacher's responsibility. Our inability to get a good job is the emplyer's discrimination. Our unsuccessful marriage is due to our uncompromising spouse. Our disobedient offsprings are blamed on the environment and society. Our ill health is because of our irresponsible children. The list of blame goes on and on .......!
Are we responsible for anything at all? Are we ever at fault? Are we ever wrong. The answer is simple and easy and contains only two letters. "NO!" We can never ever be held accountable for anthing at all that may have gone wrong.
While we are audacious enough to CLAIM all credit and praises for ourselves, we outrageously dump the BLAME on others. By doing so, are we gaining anything? Is it helping us in any way?
Definitely not! We have indeed fallen in the bad habit of blaming, but it is never too late and think othwise and start claiming responsibilities for the errors and failures that we had to face. Think for a moment. Just like the way we are blaming others, so are they blaming us. We are being blamed for things that we have no knowledge of or have anything to do with. Are we okay with that? I don't think so. This is injustice, right?
The huge favor we will be doing to ourselve is to be courageous enough to CLAIM responsibility for all our setbacks and generously discharge others from all such accusations. Remember we are not responsible just as others. So.....let us stop the game and claim the blame. Our welfare lies in taking the blame and rectifying them and learn from them to be cautious in future.
Blaming others is the shortest and easiest way to failure.
Claiming responsibility is a tough but sure way to success.
