{"id":505,"date":"2020-08-15T16:20:37","date_gmt":"2020-08-15T16:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.competitionreview.in\/blogs\/?p=505"},"modified":"2020-08-15T16:20:37","modified_gmt":"2020-08-15T16:20:37","slug":"where-there-is-a-will-there-is-a-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.competitionreview.in\/blogs\/2020\/08\/15\/where-there-is-a-will-there-is-a-way\/","title":{"rendered":"WHERE THERE IS A WILL, THERE IS A WAY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cIt had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to do things.\u201d<\/em>
-Leonardo da Vinci <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Success & Fame\u2014all of us wish for these milestones in our\nlives, but at times we do not succeed in fulfilling these wishes. And then we\ntend to curse our fate. It is very easy to blame others rather than take a\nstand and admit Mea Culpa<\/em>. It may provide us a temporary reprieve, a\nshort term distraction from the ugly truth but it does not change the fact that\nwe have only ourselves to blame for our failures. It is not enough that we wish\nto achieve something. We should have the proper will, the zeal to carry forth\nour plans. Every body wants to be successful in his or her  life. But while dreaming  about \u201csuccess\u201d one should not forget the\nbattle, which is necessary for the victory. \nIn this case, Calvin Coolidge aptly said,\u201cNothing in this\nworld can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more\ncommon than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is\nalmost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.\nPersistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan \u2018Struggle On!\u2019\nhas solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Proverbs like \u2018Where there is will, there is a way\u2019are\noften used and experienced in our daily lives, when someone truly desires\nsomething from the bottom of his heart he tries to reach it with all his effort\nand willpower. Nothing is impossible once you try hard. If the willpower is\nstrong enough anything can be achieved. There is nothing impossible in this\nworld; it is only lack of determination that brings forth failures. Performing\nwonders and miracles become one step easier for the \u201cthick skinned\u201d and the\n\u201ciron-willed\u201d. The power of human will is extraordinary. At first sight many\ntasks may appear impossible  to\naccomplish and many people are repelled easily. Only a few have the  courage, the necessary strength of will to\npursue their goals; only they know what it is to struggle towards their ideal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our willpower can be reflected through moments in our daily life;\nfor instance getting up early in the morning, studying for a specified period\nof time, exercising for a couple of hours, maintaining punctuality, addressing\ncorrespondences promptly and many more. Most of us are often tempted to\npostpone too many things and the result is that time has already evaded us and\nwe have to repent a lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Impatience is one of man\u2019s vices. We are familiar with the story\nof King Bruce and the Spider but unlike Bruce, we sorely lack the patience to\nwait for final results. Quick, if not immediate result, is what we crave. Beverly\nSills aptly quoted \u201cThere are no shortcuts to any place worth going\u201d. There are\nno shortcuts to success and sooner we realise this, the better it is for us.\nGreat achievements in various fields have been possible because of people who\ndid not mind initial failures. The pioneers Icarus and his father who wanted to\nfly got their limbs broken in their first
\nfutile attempts to fly; Their will power did not prevent them from trying\nagain. The result is that today we have \naircrafts which can take us from one continent to another in a matter of\nhours. Many of us know how to swim or to ride a bicycle. When we took the first\nplunge, we disliked the feel of the ice cold water; the first fall from the\nbicycle may have caused bruises. Our will did not deter us from trying again.\nProbably we failed the second or third time too; but very soon we mastered the\ntechnique and today we do not have any regrets for persisting in our attempts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A cursory study of the history of human civilization tells us that\nall great things have always been achieved by men who displayed sheer force of\nwill. Joss Whedon aptly said, \u201cThe thing about a great person, is even when it\ndoesn\u2019t look like there\u2019s a light at the end of the tunnel, he\u2019s going to keep\ndigging, he\u2019s going to keep trying to do right and make up for what\u2019s gone\nbefore, just not because that\u2019s who he is, but by immense will.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are often inspired by the examples of those who have become\nsuccessful. Kiran Bedi, the first lady IPS officer, struggled hard and became\nsuccessful; Sachin Tendulkar has achieved fame worldwide; Mr. Atal Bihari\nVajpayee, a simple person became the Prime Minister of India; late President\nDr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam achieved the highest pinnacle, all because of their\nsheer will power. P.T. Usha has also proved that age can no longer be an\nobstacle on the road to success. Would it be possible for them to become great\nwithout the backing of strong willpower?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Citing the Mahabharata <\/em>where Eklavya  managed to complete his Dhanurvidyaby\npractising in front of the  statue of\nGuru Dronacharya when the latter refused to teach him. But by sheer willpower\nhe learnt the art of archery even if it was inspired from the master\u2019s statue.\nLet it be our life\u2019s lesson by remembering \nthat God helps those who help themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do not blame fate; for only those who struggle, become successful.\nFate is  only one of the role players in\nour lives. Willpower is important to conquer fate. Nothing is impossible if we\ntry. With the help of willpower one can achieve anything. A small sparrow\ncreates a beautiful nest with the help of her willpower. It is an art, which\ncomes from her will  to protect her\noffsprings. Willpower gives us courage and energy to win. We should always\nremember thatfortune favours the brave. In her book I Dare<\/em> Kiran\nBedi says, <\/em>\u201cPeople who do not carry out the responsibilities of their\nlives are lathi-charged by the time. Success is not cheap. To dream is your\nright, to struggle is your duty. Willpower is your need to achieve the sky and\nto fly\u201d. Emily Dickinson said that success is counted sweetest by those who\nnever
\nsucceed. Only dreaming of success will not do. It is not something which can be\nderived by spending money but by willingness to work hard and by making\nsacrifices, which comes from within our heart and soul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, struggle hard and be successful, nothing is impossible if our\nwill is strong. We can achieve everything. After all where there is a will\nthere is a way. We must not be afraid of failure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Swami Vivekananda once said, \u201cBe not afraid of anything. You will\ndo marvellous work. It is fearlessness that brings heaven even in a moment. All\npower is within you; you can do anything and everything. Believe in that, do\nnot believe that you are weak; do not believe that you are half-crazy lunatics,\nas most of us do nowadays.
\nYou can do anything and everything, without even the guidance of any one. Stand\nup and express the divinity within you.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Columbus could discover America only because he stood firm against\nall the storms  that threatened him.\nNothing could deter him from the path that he had chosen for himself. Monsieur\nand Madame Curie could discover Radium\u2014a great boon to humanity\u2014only because\nthey were persons of firm will; prepared to lay down their lives in the pursuit\nof their ideals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Impossible is a word  to be\nfound in the dictionary of fools\u2014is what Napoleon the Great has said. Great\nconquerors, like Napoleon and Hitler, were all men of determination whose\nwillpower was a force to be reckoned with. Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay,\nfor whom not even the danger of high altitude could weaken their resolve,\nreached the top of the Mt. Everest. Urged by immense will-force, Gandhiji\ndemonstrated that it is the will that counts and not the physical might.It\nwould do us good to remember this whenever we feel like giving up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The story of man\u2019s evolution from chaos to order, from barbarism\nto civilization, is nothing but a story of his willpower pitted against the\nhostile forces of nature. While men of will can have their way in all things,\nthose of weak will can do nothing. Like a reed the wind blows them in different\ndirections. They are distracted from their aim by every obstacle that comes in\ntheir way. All of us possess the willpower. Only some of us use it. Those who\ndo not use it always have to rely on various alibi. There is nothing wrong with\nthem except that they lack the  purpose\nand perseverance. Vince Lombardi once said, \u201cThe difference between a\nsuccessful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of\nknowledge, but rather a lack in will.\u201d This is what we should always avoid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Will is a great force for doing good and evil. It strives to make\nimpossible things possible. It is our moral duty to see that willpower is\napplied only in doing good deeds. This force opens  immense possibilities for us, and hence\nshould be cultivated systematically all through life. In the first instance,\nthe objectives we place before us should not be complex and we should make\nevery effort to focus on it and not be deflected from our path. Then we should\naim on higher objectives. It is not enough to have an ambition; but to strive\ntowards it unmindful of the inevitable failures on its way. \n\nWe should be like a bird and let no net ensnare us, we\nshould be a  free human being with an\nindependent will because …Where there is a will, there is a way<\/em>.\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cIt had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to do things.\u201d -Leonardo da Vinci Success & Fame\u2014all of us wish for these milestones in our lives, but at times we do not succeed in fulfilling these wishes. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.competitionreview.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.competitionreview.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.competitionreview.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.competitionreview.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.competitionreview.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.competitionreview.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":506,"href":"https:\/\/www.competitionreview.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505\/revisions\/506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.competitionreview.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.competitionreview.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.competitionreview.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}