MORE THAN MONEY

MORE THAN MONEY Potential A BOY who worked in an airport as a helper to passengers on wheel chairs was offered money for his services. The boy refused saying, “Don’t give me money, but give me your blessings. I am appearing for an examination, please pray that I pass”. The elderly passenger placed his hand on his head and prayed for him. The boys words are not ordinary words. They are the words representing a creative mindset. It is to opt for a self-made principle rather than trying to live by favours. When you try to live on your own, you are trying to tap your own potential. Everyone is born with enormous potential, but potential can be developed only by hard work. The best policy for anyone trying to succeed in life is to try to unfold this potential rather than try to receive any advantage from elsewhere. People generally say with envy that a particular person was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. But this is wrong. Fortunate is one who is born with an incentive spoon in his mouth. If you are born to a life of hardship, it will activate you and this will give you the incentive to work. On the other hand, if you are born to a life of comfort, it will kill your motivation. It is a fact that self-motivation is far greater than external support. Every favour is limited in nature. There is no favour that has unlimited scope. But when you try to unfold your own potential, that is like embarking upon a journey that has no limit. Favour may give you temporary relief, but hard work is the only way to achieve great success. All the super achievements in history were the result of hard work rather than favours. It has been rightly said: ‘It is not ease but effort, not facility but difficulty that makes men.’ Facility may seem to be good, but difficulty is better in terms of results. Opting for effort is good for both physical health and intellectual development. The best policy for anyone trying to succeed in life is to try to unfold his potential rather than try to receive any advantage from elsewhere.