You may remember the story "King Bruce and the Spider", where the spider makes six unsuccessful attempts to climb the wall of the cave but in the seventh attempt it succeeds and its success gives new hope and energy to the king who is watching the incident in his hideout, after escaping the English enemy in a battle. How does the spider turn repeated failures into success ? The simple answer is the spider's faith in its ability, which gives it courage to keep attempting till it is successful. Take another example from the world history. In the Six-Day War of 1967, when Israel was attacked by the joint forces of the neighbouring Arab countries Egypt, Jordan and Syria, she was not even half her enemy nations in respect of number of soldiers, tanks, fighter planes or arms and ammunition but just by virtue of her faith in her ability and undaunted courage, she badly defeated those forces and even today, though surrounded by all the enemy nations, she is not afraid because she has full faith in her capability and immense courage to face any challenge. Amazing..... isn't it ?
Yes, the effect of faith is mostly amazing.It is deep faith that enables the pilgrims to walk for hundreds of miles. In your day-to-day personal life, your faith in the Almighty gives you courage and energy to cope with every situation. The basic reason for the prayers sometimes resulting in miracles is nothing else but unflinching faith in the invisible power. It is faith that gives people courage to scale Mount Everest or dive deep into the Pacific ocean. It is said that the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, but this first step can't be raised in the absence of faith and courage. The toughest part of any venture is to begin and your faith in yourself gives you courage to initiate and go ahead.Faith also gives you a sense of security. When you are with your loved ones, you feel more secure because you have faith that if anything untoward happens, they are there to take care of you. Faith strengthens your relationship. A family or a society where members lose faith in each other disintegrates. A system where mutual faith is lost ceases to work effectively. A nation where citizens lose faith in the government undergoes chaos,instability and sometimes even toppling of the government; Libya, Iraq, Egypt and Pakistan are the examples. A loss of faith means the growth of doubts.History is replete with uprisings, battles and wars resulting from the loss of faith and growth of doubts, which themselves may be the consequences of some undesirable
factors. Without faith, peace and progress are jeopardized. Faith is necessary for the growth of an individual, a family, a society, a nation and entire humanity.
So, do have faith in yourself, in the Almighty, in the system and go ahead to be a reason for peace and progress- individual, social, natioal as well as global. Thank you !😊😊
Manoj
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Very motivational
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Without faith, peace and progress are jeopardized. Again a masterpiece sir.
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