The other day I was with youths who were sharing their experiences with me:-
I remember one
of them, Eric (not the real name) sharing
his experience, how all along he tried to be everything to everyone. Well, at
some point doing so became impossible and trying it was burning him out, he
strained much. When he could not do this and please everyone anymore as he’d been
doing, he realized that all he considered close friends left him all alone.
What hurt
him most is that he lost his job (whose fruits the friends benefited from). Coming
from a poor family, he was so desperate and needed a shoulder to lean on, but
there was no one for him. Life is not easy, especially when you plan on
achieving something worthwhile and it fails along the way. Don’t take the easy way out. Do something extraordinary.
I was so
impressed when I learnt that Eric learnt a lot from his experience, that making one person smile CAN change the world, maybe not the whole world, but their world. So narrow your focus. Positive thinking was at the
forefront of every success story. Each day he woke up with the thought that
something wonderful will happen in his life, he paid close attention to it and
often he was right. This was because he changed his perception from focusing on
what he didn’t want to happen. So far he’s achieved much being a director in
some non-governmental organization.
Every day we
all realize that worry will not strip tomorrow of its burden, but will strip
today of its joy.
Eric’s
experience has changed him much, and can change you too positively…he is a man
with know-how, one who knows how to handle ups and down. Let everyone know that today you are a lot
stronger than you were yesterday, and you will be…just like Eric. And that no one can go back and start
a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.
True this..
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