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Dearest Darling friends,
In one of the sessions I asked every one
in my class what are the major challenges in their life. Some
participants could not think of anything.
One participant Abhijeet asked
me, "How should I measure what are the major challenges in my
life?"
I asked all the 50 participants in that
batch to visit a person whom they knew had more challenges than they
are having. This should give us some reference point to know if we
indeed had major challenges. I asked them to then share their
experiences with the batch.
This is the mail I received from
Abhijeet.
"Today I visited to my
office boy's place (Anil), he stays in the slum area of parvati.
When I told him in the evening that I am coming to your place for
dinner, he was just confused and didn’t know how to react, he said
"kya sir joke kar rahe ho kya? ( Are you making fun of me, Sir?)
 Somehow he agreed. I went at around
7.30pm to his place. He stays in a small room, the food which was
cooked was just amazing (jowari ki roti, mutter usal and onion), It
was a bit spicy, but was just amazing.
The thing that has
really confused me is that how he runs his home with his salary
which is just Rs. 6000? I asked myself how I can help him to
increase his income as he is just HSC passed. I asked him did he
know to read and write in English. He replied he can do a bit.
I thought why not to
teach him how to fill PAN card application forms which does not
require much skill. However, filling the form correctly needs
sincerity. On an average in a month 15 PAN card applications are
made from our office, the clients are charged somewhere around 300
to 350 per PAN card. If he can learn how to make the application he
may earn additional income of about Rs. 2500 to Rs. 3000 per month.
I told him that initially I would help him in filling the forms.
Today I realized
that the challenges in my life are nothing as compared to
Anil's. My life is just great going as compared to him. I
would like to thank you for making me realize that my life is going
really well and I will have to keep on challenging myself to get the
best out of me. I will also keep you updated about Anil's
progress."
Abhijeet's mail gladdened my heart. He
had done a wonderful thing by helping someone by providing an
opportunity. Now it is up to Anil to make the most of this
opportunity.
I believe life is all about grabbing or
ignoring opportunities. Those who make it big are people who alertly
grabbed more opportunities than others. I know of enough
people who had a small opportunity, grabbed it with all that they
had, and their life has become a reference point for so
many.
Abhijeet grabbed the opportunity to
learn that he has more than Anil. Abhijeet grabbed the opportunity
to make a difference in Anil's life and rise in his own eyes.
Abhijeet grabbed this opportunity and promised me he will keep on
challenging himself to get the best out of himself.
There were a few participants who saw
this exercise as a boring one. They did not do it and supported it
by some frivolous reasons. They thought, in giving the reasons they
are showing their smartness. Abhijeet showed grabbing the
opportunity was smartness.
Enough had the opportunity to
work with Rama Krishna Paramhansa. Vivekananda grabbed the
opportunity to make the best out of him. Krishna made himself
available to both the Kauravas and the Pandavas. Pandavas grabbed
the opportunity of having Krishna with them and won the battle of
Kurukshetra.
Lets be honest and look at our life.
What are the fantastic opportunities that 'Life' has provided to us?
Do we even notice the presence of the opportunities?
It can be a loving life partner. It can
be a guiding friend. It can be presence of an encouraging family. It
can be a business deal. It can be a social responsibility. It can be
in providing an opportunity and change someone's life by enabling
them to lift themselves. It can be by just loving someone who needs
our love. It can be in surprising someone and creating a memory of a
life time for them. It can be just anything....
Are we making the best of the
opportunities that we have? Are we? Really?
If you have to rate yourself as
a person who is alert in grabbing opportunities, how would you rate
yourself? Someone did say luck is nothing but my ability to
grab opportunities.
While a few of us are good and alert in
grabbing some area specific opportunities (like making money or
impressing people or cooking for a loved one, etc.) the next
question is lovely and important.
If you have to develop yourself in
grabbing opportunities in any other area of your life, where would
you happily develop yourself from today? Maybe you are good in
grabbing opportunities to make friends. Now how about developing
opportunities in _________________________ and grow well in another
aspect of life. Please think and do something about it.
I would love to see you grabbing
'this' opportunity and letting us know how 'Life School Messages'
are helping you? We would love to grab this opportunity to know from
you, how do you believe we can make a greater impact in the lives of
our readers.
My friend Archana sent me an SMS that
read, "Sea is an opportunity. While some take pearls, some
take fishes and some just wet their legs." Ensure you
collect maximum from your trip to the sea...
With love, prayers and best wishes,
naren
As I live...I learn
na...@lifeschool.co.in
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