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'WHERE THERE IS A WILL , THERE IS A WAY'
WILL IS A POWER THAT CAN MOVE EVEN MOUNTAINS. IN SIMPLE WORDS WE MAY CALL IT DETERMINATION. THE PROVERB WHICH FORMS THE SUBJECT OF THIS ESSAY , EMPHASIZES , THE IMPORTANCE OF WILL OR DETERMINATION. IT MEANS THAT A MAN OF DETERMINATION CAN DO WHAT HE LIKES. BY THE POWER OF WILL HE CAN HAVE HIS WAY IN EVERYTHING. IFS AND BUTS ARE THE MUTTERINGS OF WEAKNESS, FOR ALL DIFFICULTIES VANISH WHEN CONFRONTED WITH WILL FORCE AS DO THIEVES WHEN BOLDLY FACED.
EVEN A CURSORY STUDY OF THE HISTORY OF HUMAN CIVILIZATION TELLS US THAT ALL GREAT THINGS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ACHIEVED BY MEN OF WILL. GREAT MEN BECOME BECAUSE FROM CHILDHOOD ONWARD THEY HAD WILLED TO BE GREAT. THE NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS OF SCIENCE ,ART AND LITERATURE ARE THE RESULT OF ENDEAVOURS OF MEN OF WILL WHO WORKED AGAINST HEAVY ODDS TO ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS. A FEW EXAMPLES WOULD SUFFICE TO DRIVE THE POINT HOME. COLUMBUS COULD DISCOVER AMERICA ONLY BECAUSE HE STOOD FIRM LIKE ROCK AGAINST ALL THE STORMS OF DIFFICULTIES THAT THREATENED HIM. MR. AND MADAM CURIE COULD DISCOVER RADIUM - A GREAT BOON TO HUMANITY ONLY BECAUSE THEY WERE PERSONS OF WILL, PREPARED TO LAY DOWN EVEN THEIR LIVES IN THE PURSUIT OF THEIR IDEAL. GREAT CONQUERORS, LIKE NAPOLEON OR HITLER WERE ALL MEN OF DETERMINATION WHOSE WILL FORCE CARRIED EVERYTHING BEFORE IT. COMING NEARER HOME, WE GET THE INSPIRING EXAMPLE OF THE IMMENSE FORCE HILLARY AND TENZING WHOM , NOT EVEN ALL THE DANGERS OF HIGH ALTITUDES, COULD WEAKEN IN THEIR RESOLVE TO REACH THE TOP OF EVEREST . URGED BY THE IMMENSE WILL FORCE, GANDHI JI DEMONSTRATED TO THE WORLD THAT EVEN THE MIGHTIEST EMPIRE CAN BE CONQUERED BY NON VIOLENCE. HE CONCLUSIVELY SHOWED THAT IT IS WILL THAT COUNTS AND NOT THE PHYSICAL MIGHT.
WHILE MEN OF WILL CAN HAVE THEIR OWN WAY IN ALL THINGS ,THOSE OF WEAK WILL CAN DO NOTHING. LIKE THE WATER REED THEY ARE BLOWN THIS WAY AND THAT WAY BY EVERY PASSING WIND.THEY ARE DISTRACTED FROM THEIR AIMS BY EVERY OBSTACLE THAT COMES IN THEIR WAY. A DRUNKARD RESOLVES IN THE MORNING NEVER TO DRINK AGAIN,BUT IN EVENING WE FIND HIM IN HIS CUPS. A STUDENT DETERMINES TO READ AT LEAST SIX HOURS EVERY DAY BUT THEN ,THERE APPEARS A FRIEND , AN ACQUAINTANCE ,AND THE RESOLVE OF A MOMENT BEFORE FORGOTTEN AND THE DAY IS WASTED IN IDLE GOSSIP. THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR WILL POWER OR HAVE NEVER TRIED TO CULTIVATE IT. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THEM ,EXCEPT THAT THEY LACK IN SINGLENESS OF PURPOSE - IN THAT PRESERVANCE WHICH CARLYLE CONSIDERED TO BE BUT ANOTHER NAME FOR GENIUS.
NOT ONLY BUT BAD THINGS AS WELL CAN BE ACHIEVED ONLY THROUGH WILL POWER. A THIEF CAN STEAL AND A ROBBER CAN ROB ONLY IF THEY HAVE DETERMINED TO DO SO, AND HAVE SUFFICIENT POWER FOR THE PURPOSE. THEY CAN HAVE THEIR WAY ONLY IF THEY ARE ENDOWED WITH ENOUGH FORCE OF WILL, OTHERWISE THE LEAST NOISE WILL FRIGHTEN THEM AND THEY WILL TAKE TO THEIR HEELS WITH THEIR PURPOSE UNACHIEVED. MURDERERS HAVE IMMENSE WILL POWER ,OTHERWISE THEY WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO COMMIT THE DEED. BUT WILL POWER SHOULD BE APPLIED ONLY TO DO GOOD THINGS.IF IT IS USED TO ACHIEVE EVIL,THE FORCES OF GOOD WITHIN US WOULD CERTAINLY WEAKEN AND STULTIFY IT.
THIS FORCE THROUGH WHICH WE CAN HAVE OUR WAY IN ALL THINGS AND WHICH OPENS OUT IMMENSE POSSIBILITIES FOR US , SHOULD BE CULTIVATED ALL THROUGH LIFE. IN THE FIRST INSTANCE THE OBJECTIVE WE PLACE BEFORE US SHOULD BE EASY OF ACHIEVEMENT AND WE SHOULD MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ACHIEVE IT AND MUST NOT BE DEFLECTED FROM OUR PATH BY ANY SUGGESTION OF OTHERS OR BY ANY DIFFICULTIES. THEN WE SHOULD CONCENTRATE OUR ATTENTION ON HIGHER OBJECTIVES,MORE DIFFICULT TO ATTAIN. IN THIS WAY WOULD BE BUILT UP A STORE OF WILL POWER, WHICH CAN THEN BE DEVELOPED FURTHER BY BEING DEVOTED TO AIMS,NOBLE AND GOOD.
SO WILL IS A GREAT FORCE BOTH FOR GOOD AND EVIL. IT MAKES IMPOSSIBLE THINGS POSSIBLE. THE STORY OF MAN'S PROGRESS FRO CHAOS TO ORDER, FROM BARBARISM TO CIVILIZATION, IS NOTHING BUT A STORY OF HIS WILL POWER PITTED AGAINST ALL THE HOSTILE FORCES OF NATURE.THIS WILL POWER CAN BE ACHIEVED BY ANY ONE OF US BY A CONTINUOUS PROCESS OF CONCENTRATION ON NOBLE OBJECTIVES. ONCE ACQUIRED,IT WILL ENABLE US TO HAVE OUR WAY IN ALL THINGS.
WILL IS A POWER THAT CAN MOVE EVEN MOUNTAINS. IN SIMPLE WORDS WE MAY CALL IT DETERMINATION. THE PROVERB WHICH FORMS THE SUBJECT OF THIS ESSAY , EMPHASIZES , THE IMPORTANCE OF WILL OR DETERMINATION. IT MEANS THAT A MAN OF DETERMINATION CAN DO WHAT HE LIKES. BY THE POWER OF WILL HE CAN HAVE HIS WAY IN EVERYTHING. IFS AND BUTS ARE THE MUTTERINGS OF WEAKNESS, FOR ALL DIFFICULTIES VANISH WHEN CONFRONTED WITH WILL FORCE AS DO THIEVES WHEN BOLDLY FACED.
EVEN A CURSORY STUDY OF THE HISTORY OF HUMAN CIVILIZATION TELLS US THAT ALL GREAT THINGS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ACHIEVED BY MEN OF WILL. GREAT MEN BECOME BECAUSE FROM CHILDHOOD ONWARD THEY HAD WILLED TO BE GREAT. THE NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS OF SCIENCE ,ART AND LITERATURE ARE THE RESULT OF ENDEAVOURS OF MEN OF WILL WHO WORKED AGAINST HEAVY ODDS TO ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS. A FEW EXAMPLES WOULD SUFFICE TO DRIVE THE POINT HOME. COLUMBUS COULD DISCOVER AMERICA ONLY BECAUSE HE STOOD FIRM LIKE ROCK AGAINST ALL THE STORMS OF DIFFICULTIES THAT THREATENED HIM. MR. AND MADAM CURIE COULD DISCOVER RADIUM - A GREAT BOON TO HUMANITY ONLY BECAUSE THEY WERE PERSONS OF WILL, PREPARED TO LAY DOWN EVEN THEIR LIVES IN THE PURSUIT OF THEIR IDEAL. GREAT CONQUERORS, LIKE NAPOLEON OR HITLER WERE ALL MEN OF DETERMINATION WHOSE WILL FORCE CARRIED EVERYTHING BEFORE IT. COMING NEARER HOME, WE GET THE INSPIRING EXAMPLE OF THE IMMENSE FORCE HILLARY AND TENZING WHOM , NOT EVEN ALL THE DANGERS OF HIGH ALTITUDES, COULD WEAKEN IN THEIR RESOLVE TO REACH THE TOP OF EVEREST . URGED BY THE IMMENSE WILL FORCE, GANDHI JI DEMONSTRATED TO THE WORLD THAT EVEN THE MIGHTIEST EMPIRE CAN BE CONQUERED BY NON VIOLENCE. HE CONCLUSIVELY SHOWED THAT IT IS WILL THAT COUNTS AND NOT THE PHYSICAL MIGHT.
WHILE MEN OF WILL CAN HAVE THEIR OWN WAY IN ALL THINGS ,THOSE OF WEAK WILL CAN DO NOTHING. LIKE THE WATER REED THEY ARE BLOWN THIS WAY AND THAT WAY BY EVERY PASSING WIND.THEY ARE DISTRACTED FROM THEIR AIMS BY EVERY OBSTACLE THAT COMES IN THEIR WAY. A DRUNKARD RESOLVES IN THE MORNING NEVER TO DRINK AGAIN,BUT IN EVENING WE FIND HIM IN HIS CUPS. A STUDENT DETERMINES TO READ AT LEAST SIX HOURS EVERY DAY BUT THEN ,THERE APPEARS A FRIEND , AN ACQUAINTANCE ,AND THE RESOLVE OF A MOMENT BEFORE FORGOTTEN AND THE DAY IS WASTED IN IDLE GOSSIP. THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR WILL POWER OR HAVE NEVER TRIED TO CULTIVATE IT. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THEM ,EXCEPT THAT THEY LACK IN SINGLENESS OF PURPOSE - IN THAT PRESERVANCE WHICH CARLYLE CONSIDERED TO BE BUT ANOTHER NAME FOR GENIUS.
NOT ONLY BUT BAD THINGS AS WELL CAN BE ACHIEVED ONLY THROUGH WILL POWER. A THIEF CAN STEAL AND A ROBBER CAN ROB ONLY IF THEY HAVE DETERMINED TO DO SO, AND HAVE SUFFICIENT POWER FOR THE PURPOSE. THEY CAN HAVE THEIR WAY ONLY IF THEY ARE ENDOWED WITH ENOUGH FORCE OF WILL, OTHERWISE THE LEAST NOISE WILL FRIGHTEN THEM AND THEY WILL TAKE TO THEIR HEELS WITH THEIR PURPOSE UNACHIEVED. MURDERERS HAVE IMMENSE WILL POWER ,OTHERWISE THEY WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO COMMIT THE DEED. BUT WILL POWER SHOULD BE APPLIED ONLY TO DO GOOD THINGS.IF IT IS USED TO ACHIEVE EVIL,THE FORCES OF GOOD WITHIN US WOULD CERTAINLY WEAKEN AND STULTIFY IT.
THIS FORCE THROUGH WHICH WE CAN HAVE OUR WAY IN ALL THINGS AND WHICH OPENS OUT IMMENSE POSSIBILITIES FOR US , SHOULD BE CULTIVATED ALL THROUGH LIFE. IN THE FIRST INSTANCE THE OBJECTIVE WE PLACE BEFORE US SHOULD BE EASY OF ACHIEVEMENT AND WE SHOULD MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ACHIEVE IT AND MUST NOT BE DEFLECTED FROM OUR PATH BY ANY SUGGESTION OF OTHERS OR BY ANY DIFFICULTIES. THEN WE SHOULD CONCENTRATE OUR ATTENTION ON HIGHER OBJECTIVES,MORE DIFFICULT TO ATTAIN. IN THIS WAY WOULD BE BUILT UP A STORE OF WILL POWER, WHICH CAN THEN BE DEVELOPED FURTHER BY BEING DEVOTED TO AIMS,NOBLE AND GOOD.
SO WILL IS A GREAT FORCE BOTH FOR GOOD AND EVIL. IT MAKES IMPOSSIBLE THINGS POSSIBLE. THE STORY OF MAN'S PROGRESS FRO CHAOS TO ORDER, FROM BARBARISM TO CIVILIZATION, IS NOTHING BUT A STORY OF HIS WILL POWER PITTED AGAINST ALL THE HOSTILE FORCES OF NATURE.THIS WILL POWER CAN BE ACHIEVED BY ANY ONE OF US BY A CONTINUOUS PROCESS OF CONCENTRATION ON NOBLE OBJECTIVES. ONCE ACQUIRED,IT WILL ENABLE US TO HAVE OUR WAY IN ALL THINGS.
