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for the goals you had set out for yourself, then life is
not being wasted away. Otherwise, you are wasting your
time.

It is often said to aim high, but the correct approach is to
aim realistically high. It is only when our ambitions are
realistic in nature that we will observe desired results due
to our hard work. The approach should not be to work
hard towards anything but to work hard towards what
is ‘workable’. We must therefore envisage realistic and
unemotional targets. A realistic target would never lead
to frustration whereas an unrealistic target would cause
depression and frustration.

21 What is patience?

n my view, patience is the ability to remain normal
Iwhen I cease to be effective. This retains normalcy and
intellectual balance in situations where I know I am no
longer effective. In doing so, I save myself and allow my
intellectual activities to continue unhindered. Patience is
exercised for oneself and not for others.

Patience is the virtue of exercising restraint in
trying situations, which enables the individual to
proceed towards worthy goals, unaffected by adverse
circumstances or repeated provocations. If he allows
himself to become upset by opposition, taunts or other
kinds of unpleasantness, he will never reach his goals. He
will simply become enmeshed in trivialities.

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