Extraordinary People

period of two years. Then, feeling that he would like to go back to his own country to build his future, he returned to India. When I met him some time after his return, he told me that he had been suffering from mental frustration ever since he had come home. All his friends and relatives had kept on telling him what a foolish mistake he had made in leaving the U.S.A. where there is much greater scope for a talented, qualified person than there is here in India. My response to that was that the very opposite was true. “There is scope in India for the very simple reason that there appears to be no scope. That is because you are considering external rather than internal opportunities. The former relates to those opportunities that exist outside you, in the external world. While the latter relates to the natural capabilities of body and mind bestowed upon you by God. If you take stock of these qualities within you, you will begin to see opportunities all around you which you never imagined existed. Every opportunity for success which is available in the U.S.A. exists in equal measure in India. And, in fact, with the challenges posed by the Indian environment one can make even greater progress here than in the U.S.A.” This is not immediately obvious to people because their sights are usually set on external opportunities. This is why they are quick to point out that opportunities exist