Vision

  Adversity is God’s university.  ~ Author unknown  Adversity! God’s divine way of preparing a man. When troubles crucify, we torment. We complain and criticize. We blame and escape. We become irritable and dissatisfied. But here, we need to appreciate the purpose of the difficulty. The unanticipated calamities are being sent by God. He is preparing us for greatness. In adversity, the true potential is revealed and strong character is shaped. So ultimately adversity is an opportunity for growth.   Here is a wonderful poem that discovers the real meaning of adversity in life.  The tree that never had to fight For sun and sky and air and light, But stood out in the open plain And always got its share of rain, Never became a forest king But lived and died a scrubby thing. The man who never had to toil To gain and farm his patch of soil, Who never had to win his share Of sun and sky and light and air, Never became a manly man But lived and died as he began. Good timber does not grow with e

  Once, there was an oxen pair who toiled day and night. They were tied to a wagon that they had to pull. One day, the oxen were pulling the wagon along a bumpy road. They had to use all their strength to pull the wagon, but they did not complain.  The wheels of the wagon were of a different sort. Though the task they had to do was very light compared with the oxen, they creaked and groaned at every turn. The driver of the wagon became furious. He said to the wagon, “Why do you make so much noise? Can’t you see the oxen are quietly doing their job?” This story depicts the nature of the mind. When we get difficulties in life, we creak and groan. We moan about the circumstances and end up in pain. Here the alteration is required with attitude. We need to understand who is sending adversities and why.  Once we cultivate a positive attitude, we can welcome the challenges of life. God has gifted us with life with love and care. And I am not alone but he resides within and takes care. He is

  TRUE HAPPINESS IS TO REST SATISFIED WITH WHAT WE HAVE Tilicius Annagus Seneca was a man of many talents. He was a La poet, dramatist, orator, statesman, and one of the greatest of the Stoic philosophers. He was also one of the best-read men in Rome. At the moment he was thoroughly enjoying the fables of a Greek slave named Aesop who was said to have lived at the court of Croesus six centuries ago.  They were quaint little stories, about animals mostly—but each with a moral truth concealed in its penetrating nonsense. A pity more people couldn't read, he thought. There were some good lessons to be learned here. Suddenly his attention was caught by a single phrase: "Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything." Why that was almost exactly what he had written yesterday in his essay on happiness! He got it out and found the sentence: A wise man is a content with his lot, whatever it be. Without realizing it, he had paraphrased the Greek storyteller! But many

  Once upon a time, there lived a hare in a forest. He was very speedy in movement and was always proud of his speed. A tortoise also lived nearby. The hare always teased the tortoise for his slow speed. It has a heavy shell on its back. Its legs are short. So, it cannot move as fast as other animals. The hare always teased the tortoise for his slow speed. One day while the hare cut a joke at the tortoise for its slow speed, the latter challenged the hare and agreed to run a race. At this, the hare was much amused. So he said, “Good”, let’s fix a date for the race. They fixed a date. A fox came to see the race. The tortoise and the hare came to the starting point. The race began. The hare began to run very fast. He jumped and jumped. He ran a kilometer in a few minutes. Soon he found the tortoise far behind him. He became sure of success. Then he stopped. He said to himself. What’s the use of going so fast? Perhaps, the tortoise has covered only a few yards by this time. So, I can very