Wahiduddin Khan's Blog, page 38

World of Thought

Although the material world is limited, the world of thought is unlimited.

Wrongdoing

Wrongdoing is that which wavers in your soul and which you dislike people finding out about.

The Great Incentive

What inspires a man more than anything is to have a great mission before him. That is what arouses a man’s hidden potential. It makes him, in short, a peak performer.

Lose to Gain

All too often, we have to lose in order to gain. We have to resign ourselves to our lowly position until we can work ourselves up to more satisfactory heights

Disadvantage Turned into Advantage

Mahatma Gandhi was well-known for his thoughtful and economical manner of speech. But this outstanding trait only came from another trait which few would consider outstanding. He was very shy by nature. Initially his shyness prevented him from speaking in public. He once said, ‘My hesitancy in speech, which was once an annoyance, is now a pleasure.’ Later on it made him thoughtful and economical when he spoke.

The Spiritual

One who is spiritually inclined resorts constantly to his inner mental life — something which no one can take away from him. Such a man possesses inner contentment, and is far above all material gain and loss.

Perseverance

One’s initial feeling of disappointment should quickly transform itself into a greater determination to try harder, to alter one’s approach, to seek different and better ways of achieving one’s goal, and to channel one’s energies more effectively towards their ultimate target.

Staying Cool

If there is hate and anger directed against one, one must not let such feelings get under one’s skin instead one should try to feel forgiveness in one’s heart of hearts. Even if the whole world wishes one evil, one should still have only good feelings for others. There is no other way of succeeding in life. If one adopts the same feelings as prevail in one’s outside environment, the challenges of life are sure to be more than one can bear.

Maturity

Maturity is the ability to live in peace with things we cannot change

Accepting Defeat

The great secret of life is realism, and there is no form of realism greater than accepting defeat. To do so is to acknowledge the fact that, far from being ahead of others, one is behind them. In other words, it is to know where one stands in life. Once defeat is accepted, one is immediately in a position to start life’s journey afresh, for such a journey can only commence from where one actually is; it cannot start from a point that one has not yet reached.