From IIM Ahmedabad To Happiness

Author(s): Vijay K Jain
Publisher: Vikalp Printers

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FEAR KILLS; GRIEF TAKES LIFE
Walpole's novel Fortitude: "It isn't life that matters, but the courage you bring to it.”
The serenity and calmness of Brother's life are reflected in the following excerpt of a few lines from ‘When You Go Down', a poem from the same book:
Life's a vale of tears, they say so,
but I have not found it so, Rather green and smiling upland,
lit by changing gleam and glow.
Life is full of snares and pitfalls,
but of this you may be sure, When you stretch a hand in saving,
you, yourself, stand most secure.
Life's exactly what you make it,
base or noble, grave or gay, And you build the house you live in,
build it stately while you may.
Negative emotions of fear and grief must be swapped with noble sentiments of fortitude and service for that gleam and glow in life.
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