The polio stricken child in a wheel chair



Or the familiar sight of the physically handicapped

The mentally retarded fighting it out

Or the spastics stumbling and stammering in their life

The small-time farmer toiling in his field

Amidst all misery to somehow get a good yield

If he failed in his cultivation

We would be left with little nutrition

Do Not Quit

See an example in these challenged souls

Who fight their way unmindful of all odds

With belief in themselves and steadfast faith in the GODS

Take the bull by the horns and not by its tail, so goes the saying.

Down south in Tamilnadu, in INDIA, during the harvest festival Sankranthi in January, bullfights take place. Here, sturdy untamed bulls are let loose and young men wanting to prove their might and valour try to tame these bulls. The point is these men take the bull by the horns and not by its tail. Similarly, when we have a problem on hand, we must take it head on, rather than go along with the problem to wherever it leads us.

Are you not familiar about the story where a bundle of sticks could not be broken, but it was easy to break one stick at a time separately?

Like wise, when you have a problem on hand, do not panic. Rather, sit down quietly and try to analyse the problem by breaking it into several possible parts.

Do not panic if you have a problem

Face it, fight it and finish with it

Instead of wasting your energy worrying over it

Use the energy to solve the problem

Do not wait until the problem goes out of hand and has a snowballing effect. Instead, try talking to your parents, close friends, teachers if you are in school or college or your trusted colleagues in office. If married, it will be sensible to share your problem with your spouse. Sometimes, if you have a good and understanding boss, it would help talking to him too. However, please be cautious in divulging information to all and sundry since it will prove to be a subject for gossip and leave you embarrassed. All the more, if it is a personal problem.

Remember too that you can come up with several solutions to every problem on hand. Finally, zero in on the best possible option available.