Failure Leads to Greater Success
Failure and success are one of the many
twins or dualities in life. No one can claim that he would never fail. Nor can a
man report that he has always faced only failure. The proportion of failure and
success varies, but it is a law of life that both will be invariably present. Of course, we
appreciate a greater measure of success. A proverb speaks of two successes in
five attempts.
Laws change or change their content as we rise in the
scale of life. Government employees are given a certain number of days as
casual leave. When one enters the Cabinet
the rule is somewhat different. It is he who chooses his working days according
to the needs of work. The banker lends money to the needy, but with those who
need no credit, he seeks deposits. The character of life changes the character
of laws.
When two contending parties go to court, one succeeds and the
other has to fail. But, for the judge there is no failure or success. His duty
is to give his judgement on the plaint. Life can be considered as a graded
existence from low to high with an average in the middle. Below the average
level, one alternates between success and failure. Above the average, one has no
failure. There is only small success
leading to greater success.
The one who invokes the Spirit ushers himself
into a life of that description. In such cases, failure in one attempt clearly
means a greater success.
One who failed to get a dealership for a product
ended up as the director of the company that produced it. A boy who was rejected
by three banks to which he applied for a clerkship, secured the officer post in
a bigger bank.
When the local land
mortgage bank received an application for a loan of Rs 25,000, it was reluctant
to sanction it. A nationalized bank took the papers from that bank as it
sanctioned Rs 1,50,000. I talk of Spirit in life, not spiritual life. If you seek that and meet with failures,
KNOW something more wonderful awaits
you.