Its said, 'The most dangerous person on a battle field is not the one who is strongest or the most agile or the one with best weapons. The most dangerous person on any battle field is the one with most scares.' It not just the experience that matters in this life, it also the persistence of the warrior to achieve what it wants to achieve. He will keep coming until he defeats you or he dies.
Greatness needs hard-work, no doubt, but it also does need the persistence to keep coming again and again until you realize yourself. It needs working hard even in face of failure. It is knowing that failure isn't final and success isn't forever. It is knowing that someone else's opinion about me need not be the way I define myself. MY current circumstance doesn't define me nor does my past. What defines me is my attitude to the problem and my action against the problem.
In life of Gautama Buddha,he didn't gradually realize what is the truth that governs this world is. It just came to him spontaneously. But he realized it because he kept knocking on his soul for the answer and finally the secret was revealed to him. Even if he came and told you what the real truth was, you won't share his vision because in reality you hadn't persevered for it. A victory doesn't seem as sweet to your well wishers sitting on the sidelines as much it will be for you.
"Diamonds are nothing more than chunks of coal that stuck to their jobs." Not only did they stick to their job a little longer, they also tried their best not to be burned out in the intense heat of their environment. They also survived the pressure they were brought under, never breaking under them. They didn't just persevered greatness, they persevered against all odds They never left persevering until someone discovered their true worth. Their battle to greatness didn't end there. To shine like a diamond, they had also to get cut like a diamond.
Now you can ask yourself whether this was just a story of the diamond, or a metaphor for someone or even the future you.
Have faith in something, more importantly in yourself. Love yourself. May you realize yourself someday.
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