Stay On - Perseverance

We all have some goals to be achieved in life. Those who have none should better find one otherwise it may get very late to enjoy and utilize the life to the fullest.

Today I will discuss perseverance. It is a quality that never lets you down. If you cling to it strongly you will never be hopeless in life. For the Indian audience it reminds me of the movie title "Lage Raho Munna Bhai".The title in itself professes the virtue of continuously doing an effort for achieving a target. In the movie the hero tries to woo his beloved, but for us perseverance is required to woo our goals.

A person who wants to achieve something has to pass all the mounds and ridges. There is not always a carpet of roses lying for you to tread. If you get deterred by the mountains or the gorges, you have to do a lot of introspection because anything beautiful (it can be ordinary or extraordinary) in this world can be achieved only by hard labour.

Let me exemplify .We will talk of five science graduates staying in a neighbourhood .They want to visit a science exhibition at 10 in the morning in a city where the road traffic is totally unpredictable.

The first one starts at 9, gets a bus and reaches the venue on time.

The second one also starts at 9, doesn't get a bus, looks out for a rickshaw, reaches the nearest next bus stand, boards the bus and reaches the venue.

The third one waits for the bus or any other conveyance, later gets one and is late by five minutes.

The fourth starts at 9:30 ,misses the first bus, gives up the idea of going as it is too late for him to get an entry.

The fifth student thinks there is no use going to the exhibition and enjoys the day at home.

After a month the exhibition is organized ones more.

The first one attends the exhibition, finds out some new stuff and starts working on making one project of his own.

The second and the third think, they are done with exhibitions and attending one earlier has satisfied all the scientific urge.

The fourth student is determined to attend the exhibition this time and he reaches the venue on time, collects all the documents relating to the old exhibition ,tries to gain knowledge from all the new entries.

All the students reach their final year of graduation.

Only the first student makes a project and he is able to gather praise and recommendation for a research fellowship.

The fourth student feels he is not prepared for the project and so doesn't participate.

The rest feel that there are more important things to do than making a project.

After the graduation is over only the first student heads for a research fellowship.

The fourth student, who always dreamt of being a research fellow, works hard to enter one of the science labs as he realizes he has missed one opportunity. Finally after a lot of effort, he is able to make to a science lab of his choice.

The rest give up the idea of being scientists and start pursuing other fields.

After few years

Our first student and the fourth student are successful scientists ,who are ready to achieve morein life.

Our learnings:-

1. Stay focused.

2. Look out for opportunities.

3. Don't miss opportunities knocking at your doorstep.

4. Sometimes if you are not able to harness some opportunities, keep the zeal alive.

5. Persevere or make a constant effort, giving up is no solution.

6. You may be late in achieving something ,you want, but that is certainly better than achieving nothing.

It is preferable to be a student of the first kind, but as all people are not born same, so are the conditions prevailing around them. We should not compare ourselves with others and just keep going.The fourth one though late did improve and succeeded finaly.

It's not that I'm so smart,it's just that I stay with problems longer. –Albert Einstein