Problems and the way to success!

“In a day, when you don't come across any problems - you can be sure that you are travelling in a wrong path” - so says Swami Vivekananda.

This quote may be easily misunderstood. In a sense, one may conclude that coming across problems itself is the right path. A negative connotation to this meaning is quite possible.

Convenience or luxury can never be the way to excel in life. Look at the life of a moth or a butterfly for that matter! In its initial stage the caterpillar faces a lot of hurdles and troubles to survive. It lives on eating leaves. Many predators haunt it! Then it goes into a cocoon and undergoes immense pain in the metamorphosis. But what ultimately comes out is a beautiful butterfly!

All those who have excelled and accomplished something in life have also been through immensely difficult times. Look at the life of Swami Vivekananda itself. Poverty struck his house after his father expired. Many more personal tragedies and he had to leave her mother alone to serve the motherland. His personal health too has not at it's best. He suffered from various physical ailments. Yet, none bothered him. He lived on for days without any food or shelter in the extreme cold of America. He suffered lot of apathy! Yet, he emerged as a Hindu Monk being a champion of Universal brotherhood.

Further, for excelling souls, whatever and how much ever great things one does in a day, there is always a quest to do more and more great things. When one enjoys life, it flies away, and when one is sorrowful, it is one hell of a life. For those who are on the right path, the eagerness to do something more, do good, and use the time more productively is always present. It is but naturally to find obstacles on the path too excellence.

Look at the river! What turns and terrains must it cross! How many big rocks it has to face! Mountains too cannot stop the march of a river. Whatever may be the hurdles, the rivers always touch it's destination (the ocean).

Remember, “In a day, when you don't come across any problems - you can be sure that you are travelling in a wrong path”. But there is no need to get dithered by the problems. One has to face it, and face it boldly. That is way to success! I'm Swamiji's own words, “Arise, Awake, and Stop not till the goal is reached”!

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