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Just visualize what would happen if a check worth rupees five lakhs flies off the table through the window and can never be retrieved back ? The estimate of a loss suffered when a painstakingly created work of art is destroyed accidentally, can be gauged by the artist only.
Thomas Carlyle had written a detailed and fascinating thesis on the French Revolution. His friend came to visit him and took it home, especially to read it. Once at mid-night the friend came running to his house. Panting with breath, he told Thomas : "Friend ! A major problem has occurred. Please forgive me. Many pages of your thesis have been destroyed". For a moment Thomas became blank. He regained his composure and said : "Come, let's talk about other things". He thought that while his friend was still in a daze, if he added to his misery by reacting negatively, both of them would become unhappy. The whole night Thomas diverted his mind to other diverse topics. After an hour he started discussing what was written in the thesis. At dawn, when they parted, he remarked : "If an essay is not written well, the teacher asks his pupil to rewrite it - isn't it? I am led to believe that nature has given a similar hint in this accidental loss. Perhaps the thesis will be written in a much better manner now".
When we received imposition in school, we accepted the same as punishment and wrote it down. Instead of considering it as a punishment, had we accepted it as a part of our training, then at that time itself, we would have improved manifold. When a person likes the music in a cassette, he rewinds it. Just assume that nature has developed a liking for the cassette of our hard work. Nature has rewound it. So what ? Let the cassette play again..
MIND YOUR mind : 107
