There are
times when you have to obey a call which is the highest of all, i.e. the voice
of conscience, even though such obedience may cause many a bitter tear and a
separation from all that you have held as dear as life itself. But this
obedience is the law of our being. We all have a little voice inside us that
guides us. It tells us bitter truths that are hard to accept. But I think that
if we shut out all the noise and clutter from our lives and listen to that
voice, it will tell us the right thing to do.
In the words of Mahatma Gandhi, “Could we but evoke the oneness in
stillness, we would be able to carry it within us in whatever went on in the
world without. As a deep and awakened awareness from within, when acknowledged
as ever present, much would be changed, and liberated indeed would we be.”
All men and women are born, live, suffer and die; what distinguishes
us one from another is our dreams, whether they be dreams about worldly or
unworldly things and what we do to make them come about. We do not choose to be
born. We do not choose our parents. We do not choose our historical epoch, the
country of our birth, or the immediate circumstances of our upbringing. We do
not, most of us, choose to die, nor do we choose the time and conditions of our
death. But within this realm of choicelessness, we do choose how we live.
A man's dreams are an index to his greatness. Reach high, for stars
lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal. Dare to
live the life you have dreamed for yourself.
Go forward and make your dreams come true.