Depression? Bounce Up!

Have you ever seen a ball jumping? Yes, what is the specialty in it? It teaches us a lesson. There is a Sanskrit verse:

Paatitopi karaaghaataih utpatatyeva kandukaha

Praayenahi suvrutteenam asthaayinyoh vipattayah

‘A rubber ball rises when it is hit against the ground. In the same way, for good people, dangers (set-backs) are not permanent.’

Swami Vivekananda also said, ‘True greatness consist not in rising but in rising every time we fall.’ In contrast, compare the fall of a clay ball. What...