Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Why We Fail

Excellence and mediocrity are both present in our system but  how we use them or how often depends completely on our will. The reason why we fail in an endeavour is mainly that we allow mediocrity to rule supreme in our system and give a short shrift to Excellence. There is a certain amount of intellectual and emotional laziness within us that prevents us from exploring the full potential of our excellence. Failure is only a warning that we are not using the pool of our resourcefulness and excellence fully. Excellence always ensures success because it is the liveliest and most energetic centre of our existence. But if not regularly used, it begins to lose its sharpness and brilliance. Excellence is a matter of habit. Unless we constantly strive to excel in everything we do, excellence begins to lose its power. From excellence it begins to turn into mediocrity. Most of us feel comfortable with mediocrity because it does not demand anything from us.
Thus the basic cause of our failure is our failure to tap the full potential of Excellence within us. There is no point in blaming others or our circumstances for our failure. We should be accountable to ourselves and have a regular self-audit.. Let us continuously cultivate and nourish Excellence and failure will not be seen anywhere near us.

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Excellence is Our Natural Essence

The very fact that we are born as human beings in this magnificent universe confers a special privilege upon us.A recurrent and continuous urge for Excellence is our natural condition.. It means that it is a God-given gift to all of us that we should always try to excel in everything we do. When we are lazy or when we allow mediocrity to take over our faculties, we play false to our inbuilt goodness and our natural spiritual temper. And when we are not true to ourselves, our relationship with ourselves and with the universe becomes disharmonious. Our inner excellence should always be reflected in all that we do, think or propagate.
          Why should we not celebrate the joy of living in a universe that provokes and pokes us constantly to be eternally festive in our creative endeavours? Unfortunately, the advocates of mediocrity constantly try to put roadblocks in the way of those who seek excellence as the necessary condition and ornament of their lives.Our personalities are the mirrors of Excellence - intellectual, emotional, physical and spiritual.. Unless we keep awakening our faculties to the fragrance of Excellence, we shall be swamped by the stench of mediocrity and nothingness. Promise to yourself that you will never forget to chant the mantra of Excellence even for a moment and live continuously  in its brilliant aura