Succeed or Fail but Try you Must

 

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Succeed or Fail but Try you Must

Within all of us lies the story of mankind – vast experience, deep-rooted fears, anxieties, sorrow, pleasure and all the beliefs that man has accommodated through the millennia – you are that book – Jiddu Krishnamurti. He has summarised the substance of human existence so beautifully. There are all kinds of people in the world – those who work hard, those who hardly work, those who prey on other people’s work, those who do nothing and so on. But whatever you do or don’t do – there are always those who will criticise you.

Look at the modern world – whether it is politics or any other field – criticism both warranted and unwarranted is offered by those people who themselves cannot stand the fire of criticism – but that is the make-believe world we live in today. If one has to achieve any level of success in life it cannot be done without putting in an honest effort! It is definitely not the critic who is important; the credit belongs to the person who tries, who stumbles, who falls, who fails, who sweats, who bleeds, who gets up, who tries again and then ultimately succeeds. There is no effort without error or shortcomings, the person who acts and does the deeds to the best of his ability and knowledge spends time in a worthy cause – this person at the end knows high achievement if he succeeds or feels pride that even if he failed, he did so while daring to do something which others did not even think of! This is so much better than those timid people who do not try anything and thus can never know victory or defeat!

Everyone has faced criticism – no matter what you do someone or the other will always be dissatisfied, offering you advise, telling you where you went wrong, what you could have done better! Listen long enough and you will start being weighed down by the criticism and the negative energy being directed towards you. A continued barrage of criticism will make you feel useless and it won’t be long before you start internalizing the criticism to your own detriment! Just remember that when you take risks, it is you who is putting everything on the line – small and petty minds will criticise, let them, ignore them just the way we ignore dogs that bark and don’t bite. Like Steve Jobs said, “Your time is limited….Don’t let the noise of opinions drown out your own inner voice….have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”

Similarly, while living a life of mindful awareness, people who do not understand will criticise you, try to point you in different directions, but your inner voice will always be there to guide you – you just have to tune in to listen to it – and that voice is never wrong, it is your best friend and guide by far! Remember you will succeed, if not right now or right away, but eventually!