Day 79:
Persist in the face of adversity and boost your self-esteem.
Make a list of three people with less education (or whatever) than you and they succeeded at something you would like to try. There are so many high school and university drop outs who contributed huge amounts to the advancement of humanity that the lack of formal education should never be allowed to hold you back.
Think of Thomas Edison and Henry Ford both moved mountains without high school diplomas. However, they were both highly educated. Thus I'm not denigrating education but noting that there are many ways of becoming educated in other ways....
When you are fearful of doing something because you think you do not have all it takes to do the task, think of the characteristic you believe is a handicap. Now think of three people (either personally known to you or from lives of famous people past or present) who succeeded in spite of this apparent handicap. The point is that if they could do it, so can you....
Story for today:
Timour the lame (Timberlane) the great Emperor and world conqueror had lost a battle early on in his career. He hid in cave and was about to give up and kill himself in abject misery and despair. Suddenly in front of him he noticed an ant carrying a giant seed up the wall of the cave. Timour became fascinated. He forgot about his own worries. The ant climbed half way up the wall and then he fell down. Once more the ant started his arduous climb. Again and again the ant fell half way up the wall and yet he continued on his Sysiphian quest. Finally after thirty-three attempts the ant was successful in climbing the cave wall. The great emperor to be thought to himself, "Am I less than this ant?" With this he left the cave.... Soon the lost battle was forgotten and Timour won many battles to come, becoming a great general and Emperor.
Namaste means "the Divinity within me salutes the Divinity within you...."
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