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Building Life

English book, p. 197

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Falling and Rising should be on opportunities. By directing your attention and effort toward opportunities, you can ultimately gain control over your problems in the future. However, if you stay stuck in problems, you will end up with neither opportunities nor solutions. FALLING AND RISING Not falling is not an achievement. The real achievement is when you fall and then get up again—the person who has never fallen hasn’t accomplished anything. The true achiever is someone who falls and then rises to walk once more. Someone who has never fallen has not truly moved because in this world, everyone who moves will inevitably fall at some point. So, what value is there in never falling? The core of humanity is about moving forward. Humans are made to walk, not to sit still. And when they walk, it is natural that they will encounter falls. Not falling indicates stagnation, while falling indicates movement and action. One should not be ashamed of falling but should view it as a sign of their vibrant humanity. When they adopt this outlook, they will quickly get up and stand again after falling. “Not falling is no achievement” means, in other words, that not walking is no achievement. True achievement lies in

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