WE ARE GREATER THAN WE IMAGINE
by S. K. SENGUPTA
I have in hand a book that turned around the thinking of an entire generation. The book is Think and Grow Rich , and Napoleon Hill is the author . All thoughts on achievement today , and all training courses and books on success philosophy spring from there . It was steel magnate Andrew Carnegie who asked young Napoleon Hill to research and study if there was any definite road-map to success by scrutinizing the lives of the most successful people of their times . Napoleon bought that idea .
He
carried out the research over twenty-five years of pains-
taking
efforts , staking everything he had , his career , his
financial
fate and the welfare of his family . He ended up
being
a multi-millionaire himself and his name became a
synonym
for success all over the globe . What the universe
earned
from his Law of Success was far more than what
he
gained himself .
Does
this real story mean anything to you ? Can it help you in the battles of your
own life ? Use your mind , and you may find the answer to all your own
struggles in that little story .
D’you remember the Wright Brothers ? After a heart-rending struggle of several years , all they
had
to show to the world was a series of failures .
Everyone
thought that their idea was crazy . How
could
a heavy machine float in air with several
persons
sitting inside it ?! Do we still think the
same
way ? No one of us can thank Wright Brothers
enough
today for their unyielding spirits .
The
secret of creating whatever we want for ourselves is there in this story . We
can learn and use it if we really want to .
An airplane developed a snag and
crash-landed
on a railway-track near
a
small village in India
ago
. The crew and passengers were
alive
but were badly injured . Before
the
villagers could begin any rescue
operation
, they realized that a train
was
fast approaching the airplane lying on the track . No one knew what to do .
Some tried to raise their hands and shout . It had no effect . As everyone
watched helplessly , a young girl swiftly dipped a cloth-piece in kerosene ,
put it on a bamboo , lighted it and ran to signal the train to stop . It worked
. The train came to a screeching halt only a few feet away from the damaged
airplane .
Ain’t
we greater than any emergency and disaster ? Can’t we unleash the vast
abilities which are sleeping within us ?
A
young American lady with a baby
in arms was hit by a speeding car .The
lady
was thrown apart and the car came
to
rest with the baby lying under one
of
its tyres . The lady got up , saw the
baby
, gave a deafening cry as she ran
upto
the car , and then holding the tyre ,
screaming
with all her might , she lifted
the
car by several inches .
This
is a real incident . Emergency turned the lady into a superwoman . When we
focus our entire existence and stake everything we have on one point , we often
perform miracles !
“The
greatest weapon on this earth is the human soul on fire .” We are greater than
we imagine !
