'Every thing is possible to him who believes.'
This great saying about one's faith and will power is equally appreciable to an ordinary
individual who is aspiring for success in life. In the words of Vernon Howard. 'Every man
is what he imagines himself to be.' Our actual life often confirms to our pictured life.
Therefore a certain way to change one's actual self is to change one's way of thinking
Our thoughts and attitudes ultimately shape our destinies. Since we have the power to
control our thoughts, we can control our way of thinking. By choosing what we think, we
have in us the strength to change the condition of our life from failure to success and
from misery to mirth. Developing a tolerant attitude is the first step that we can take in
the direction of success in life.
Obstacles that come on one's road to success could cause damage to one's faith and deter
the person from making any progress. Frustration, fear, anger, sorrow and humiliation are
some of these obstacles. If we don't have the capacity to control these thoughts and
feelings then it becomes difficult for us to lead a successful life. Fortunately human
experience has shown things to be different, It was Gautama Buddha who said,
"salvation lies in controlling ones thought". The secret of a successful life
greatly depends on the vision one has about himself. Developing positive attitudes is
therefore so very important in life. Tolerance is one such positive attitude.
If human energy is not properly channellised our lives could be ruined. Tolerance helps us
to channelise our energies in the proper direction. For instance, anger if not proper
channalised could lead to a lot of destruction.
Mahatma Gandhi rightly said; "One supreme lesson that I learnt in my life is to
conserve my anger. Heat conserved is transmitted into energy. Similarly our anger
conserved is transmitted into a strength that can move the entire world." Tolerance
alone can give us the power to do this.
Surmounting difficulties too needs a tolerant attitude. We need confidence to overcome
problems in life. No matter what the difficulties, setback and hurdles are, tolerance
alone gives us the faith to preserve and make the sacrifices necessary to attain our
goals.
Even when the answers never seem to come and solutions are hard to find tolerance alone
makes us creative to find new ways of confronting those problems facing us.
Man has scaled the highest peak, delved into the deepest and largest ocean, soared into
the unreachable skies, b lasted the smallest atom, walked on the surface of the moon and
is now on the threshold of discovering the various secrets of life. He has made science
and technology work unbelievable wonders. All these seeming impossibilities were made
possible because someone, somewhere believed that these were possible.
Tolerance is therefore a miracle worker. It looks beyond all boundaries, transcends all
limitations, penetrates all obstacles and finally achieves the goal. To be terse, it is
the state of one's mind that finally makes the difference.
If we think we are beaten then we surely are. If we think we dare not, then we don't. Firm
must be the will, tolerant the heart and passionate the aspiration to secure the
fulfillment of a definite goal.
Tolerance thus helps us to build positive attitudes that helps us to achieve great things
in life. All of us want success in life. A time-tested means of achieving success in life
is tolerance. Are we ready to pay the price to attain our goals? If so, then let us begin
to develop a tolerant attitude from this moment on.
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