Everyday a man comes to senior citizen’s park and sits for a while on the bench. Then he goes for jogging around the park.Everyday I notice one thing that he is so engrossed with his hands. One day when I sat beside him, he didn’t acknowledge my presence and the longer I sat I wondered if he was alright.
Finally,though not wanting to disturb him but check on him at the same time,I asked him whether he is in good health.He raised his head and looked at me and smiled.
“Yes , I’m fine ,thank you for your concern”, he said in a clear voice.
Actually,” I did n’t want to disturb you sir,but everyday I notice you and see that you were just staring at your hands and wanted to make sure that you are in good health or not.”
Have you looked at your hands anytime I mean your palm, he asked.I mean really looked at your hands?”
I slowly opened my hands and stared down at them. I turned them up and join them together.But could not find the answer.
Then he smiled and said—

There is a saying ‘Failure is the pillar of success ’. Young people do not believe in this saying. They become disappointed if success does not come easily.

Failure is the challenge to success, which we have seen in many instances. The student, who always stands first in the class and first in everything, cannot tolerate the failure. Failure teaches us more things what success cannot. For example, this year, I have seen in the newspaper that one boy appeared twelve times in SSC exam and passed. He was also working somewhere. As soon as he passed, he immediately got a promotion and his mother was very happy. After being demotivated for twelve long years, he now decided to continue his studies. Now if he was disappointed by his failure, he would not have got his promotion and remain in the same place. So success is the progressive realisation of worthy dreams, goal and objectives. If anybody sees the summit of success in the beginning and does not work for it, his dreams will be day-dreaming and he will never be successful in life.

I call success as the eye ball of fish where Arjun concentrated seeing the reflection of a fish in water and pierced the fish with his arrow. For success, one needs to concentrate on the goal and aim for it.

People become sad when they are unsuccessful drowned in planning. The realisation of one’s drawback is the pillar of success. Once a person realises his mistake and rectifies it, his path of success is ready for exploration. Negative thought brings negative vibration in the body. So success or failure depends upon the vibration of one’s thoughts.

But the main enemies of success are over enthusiasm, carelessness and sleeping nature (lazy).

If the goal is not correct according to ones nature and is over enthusiastic by working harder and harder, the goal cannot be achieved.

If the goal is aimed at destination and does not carefully guide the aim, it is difficult to arrive at the point of goal, destination and objectives and success will run away from the point of goal.

If the goal is not by action but only by day-dreaming, it will be only a dream not the real picture.

Wildly running after the goal is akin to seeing a mirage in the desert. It will be like searching for precious diamond in a heap of sand.

         CHHOTTO SHONAR SHOPNO                                                             Small Golden Dream
Dekhchho Maa go aamar gadi kemon jore chhote!                            Do you see Mother how fast my car runs !
Koto rokom kayda kore paharh beye othe.                                           Trying all kind of moves, climbs a hill.
Paharh chhede ekhon dekho shoru rasta dhore                                  Leaving hills, now see, takes a narrow road,
Pode jawar bhaan kore je jayna sheshe pode.                                     Acting to fall-off, might in reality fall.

Lal bichhanar maathaar ‘pore balisher je paharh-                             At the end of red bed, pillow is the hill
onek koshte ghure-ghure uthlo dekho ebar.                                        After many troublesome turns, climbed now.
Tarpore shey periye elo tomar haater pul                                            Then it crossed your bridge made of hand
Peye gelo gaadi sheshe tomar shobuj kol,                                            The car found lastly your green lap

Dekho cheye koto je maa aachhe aamar gaadi-                                   See mother all my variety of cars
Gunte gele haar manbe tomar joto shaadi.                                           If counted your number of Saris will lose.
Mon kede ney nanan ronger desh-bidesher gaadi                              Mind is pulled towards colored variety cars
Kinte hobe eshob kichhu aache tadatadi                                               Have to buy these quick and fast …
Bodo hoye kinbo aami moner moto gaadi ,                                          After growing up will buy cars as per wish
Tomay niye debo tokhon onek dure padi.                                            Will take you then to far-off places.

Tumi bolo, “ shona aamar podashuno koro                                          You say, “my darling study hard
Moner moto gaadi kinte poysha laage bodo                                         To buy car as per wish huge money is required
Podashona-i hobe tomar bondhu ekdin.                                               Studies will be your friend one day
Bondhu hoye she tomar shohay hobe shedin                                       This friend will support you that day
bodo maper shopno je shob dekhchho tumi ekhon                            Big dreams that you see now-a-days
Bodo hoye tokhon tumi parbe korte puron.”                                       Growing up will then fulfill your dream”

सेवा
दो सौ साल तो हम
पराधीन थे, अब कँहा स्वाधीन !
केवल अंग्रेज नहीं है
देश पर अभी, हम है अभी भ्रष्टाचार के अधीन |

सौ साल पहले तेत्रिस करोर्ड
आबादी थी यहाँ, आज तो है अलग
गांधीजी का अनशन तभी, गोरेकी कानो में गूंजता

साठ सालो मे, साठ करोर्ड
आबादी बन गया, और भ्रष्टाचार छा गया
अब आ गए अन्ना महान, धन्य हो गया हिन्दुस्थान
चौहत्तर साल के बूढ़े -स्वदेशी, ले लिए है प्रण
भ्रष्टाचार को ख़तम करना, इसका नहीं है भ्रम

छब्बीस साल के उम्र से, स्वामी विवेकानंद के पथ
अनुशरण करके, चला रहे है रथ
सेवा का धर्म ही सबसे ऊँचा, ईश्वर का बसेरा है यँहा |

यही मान कर अनशन करना, आसान नहीं है काम
फिर भी यह चुना आपने, आयेगा नया दिन का शाम |

My small contribution to respected Annaji

Human beings are the highest creation of God. Human-beings have intelligence, which makes them rational & thinking animal. This rationality depends on thinking and reasoning. Thinking and reasoning go hand in hand for success. The people who have developed these ability are regarded as efficient and respectful in the society.

Those who can think clearly and put efforts on reasoning are considered as successful people. Artists, litterateur, economists, scientists, who have extended their thinking and reasoning, have become powerful, successful and famous beings of the world.

Nowadays people are facing lot of problems due to competition, high price, environmental condition, constrain in food availability etc. There is no ready-made solution for the problem. Reasoning is the only solution for the problem. It is difficult to feed the brain or mind for proper reasoning. Reasoning is the most complex form of adjustment. Well organized mind can easily expose the complexity of reasoning.

According to Maier," Reasoning is productive thinking in which previous experiences are organized or combined in new ways to solve a problem".  According to Rudolf Arnheim,"All perceiving is also thinking, all reasoning is also intuition, all observation is also invention".
When to Reason
a) Difficult situation: i) Identify the difficult situation ii) Explain the difficult situation iii) Condition of the situation iv) Evaluate the situation. These can be gathered from people’s experiences,T.V., pictures, film etc. After getting the information, it should be evaluated. Then information can be organized and classified. Then it is easy to impart reasoning to the situation and solve the problem easily.

Art of Reasoning

1.Know the Life Problem:
The life problem can be 3E–Education, Economy and Employment
Education: There is difficulty in enrolment in any faculty of choice.
Economy: High fees,High price etc.
Employment: Right job & Right kind of environment.
2. Lack of knowledge:
Family members are ignorant of 3E. They sometimes depend on the environment or today’s trends.They are forced to be with the trend.
3. Discussion:
Parents should take interest in the well-being of the children.They should discuss the interest of the child and then take a decision.
Discussion should take place between loved ones as love can take the thing ahead.
Teachers are the maker of society. They are the back-bone of future generation.They should consider child as individual and treat accordingly.
4. Solve the problem:
After gathering all the above mentioned information, now the time has come to give reasons to your thought. This is the crucial moment of brain and mind. Right reasoning means success ahead. Many a time after discussion and knowledge, we can’t give reasoning to our thought and our success hampered. So reasoning is the Gateway of Success.

Meghla Din                                                                                     মেঘলা  দিন

(Meaning not exact)

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