The Secret of Success

The “vehicle” might be yours, but the “road” on which you have to drive your vehicle is not. However bitter this reality might be, it is a fact, and it is impossible for any individual to achieve success in this world by ignoring it. Those people who, by ignoring this reality, drive their vehicles on the road of the world can never reach their destination. All that is destined for them in this world is failure due to their own faulty thinking. They will then lament their fate as being the result of some conspiracy on the part of others. Before Beginning, Predict the Ending A caravan of pilgrims set out to visit the cave of Hira in Makkah. There is a path to the mountain on which the cave of Hira is situated. People reach the mountain in vehicles and then climb the mountain on foot. When the people started climbing the mountain, some of them, because of their feeling of the sacredness of the place, took off their shoes by the roadside. While going up it was morning and that is why they did not face any major problem walking barefoot. But when they were coming down it was afternoon and the red stones of the mountains were hot. Blisters developed on their feet. They remained in a state of discomfort for several days. Whether it be a journey up a mountain or through life, the principle of success for both is the same, that is to judge prior to the journey how the journey will end. One who does not predict the end of his journey at the outset faces such difficulties on his way which render his journey futile. This law of nature is so immutable that even the most earnest of men cannot escape from its result after falling into error. Even if he does something with good intentions but without considering its consequences, he too will have the same fate as one who intentionally made a