LIFE IS A TIGHTROPE WALK — Art of Balancing

renewed diligence, appears in the second examination and passes with good marks. This student was able to maintain a balance between two opposite choices and was saved. According to the conventional dictionary, a tightrope walk is a form of entertainment. But there is another dictionary—the dictionary of wisdom. In this dictionary, a tightrope walk means ‘living with wisdom’. One has to maintain a wise balance between personal desires and external realities. A dictionary of words can enhance your vocabulary, but a dictionary of wisdom gives you a chance to achieve success while remaining unaffected by the vicissitudes of life. Everyone is full of desires, but the world outside of us is full of realities. You have to maintain a wise balance between your personal desires and external realities. This is the real art of life. This is an art which is required by everyone, be he a leader or a common man, a wealthy person or a poor man, an educated or an uneducated person. On balance, life is the same for all. Almost everyone is destined to face similar situations, and so everyone would be well advised to adopt this formula of careful tightrope walking. o Surviving Competition In this competitive world, those who want concessions will always find themselves in the back seat. It is only those who make every effort to earn excellent qualifications who alone will come to the fore.