Disadvantages in life usually keep us humble and obedient.

Abraham Lincoln had a difficult childhood. His formal schooling was for less than a year. He failed in business in 1831 and was defeated for the legislature in 1832. The next year he again failed in business. His fiancee died in 1835. He was defeated for speaker in 1838. When he got married, his wife became a burden for him. Only one of his four sons lived past age 18. He was defeated for congress, Senate and vice-presidency. But he was elected as President in 1860!

There is no one without failures in this world, no failure is final. Failures, crises, suffering, losses, disappointments and such things belong to the same category. In the providence of nature or real life, all these can be redemptively used to learn obedience and discipline and respect for others.

Why does this difficult and depressing situations happen in our life? The most satisfying answer: "We have had human fathers who corrected us, and we paid them respect. When our fathers corrected us it was painful for us some of us even cursed our parents when they punished us. Our suffering is like a cane in our fathers hand when we were young.

Our mistakes, short comings, laziness also can bring in sufferings and failures. We must learn from them. If we don’t learn from them, then we are only learning to fail again.

Henry ford did not keep reverse gear in his first car he made. He learnt it only after that. He is considered as the pioneer of today’s automobiles because he learnt from his mistakes.

Our suffering is a stumbling stone or stepping stone is in our hands. If we are willing to learn and discipline ourselves it will always be a stepping stone.

It is good for everyone to be graduated with honors in the school of suffering with humility as the major and love and compassion for others as other theories and destruction of pride as a practical laboratory test.

Not to the strongest the battle always go. Not to the swift the life’s race always go.

Victory is promised to the people who learn from their sufferings, mistakes, and failures and proceed further.


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  1. AnonymousOctober 10, 2023 at 9:19 AM

    All these are Very good contents published.

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