Finals start tomorrow — and as such, I figured that it would be appropriate to share a few of Swami Vivekananda’s quotes and poems that inspire me to continue working, even when I feel like I have no more strength.
“Arise! Awake! And stop not til the goal is reached!”
“If you think about disaster, you will [...]
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
There are many stories in the Mahabharata that I find inspiring, which I have heard as a child and reconsidered in situation after situation. I have previously written about Arjuna’s eating in the dark. Here, I consider another story — the tale of Ekalavya.
The young Ekalavya, due to his birth in a lower-caste tribe, cannot [...]
Saturday, February 7, 2009
In the morning, when you wake up, why do you get out of bed? Why do you go to sleep? In between, why do you eat, and why do you work on all your classes and extracurriculars? In short — what drives you to keep doing?
I feel like there are two things, roughly speaking:
Physical needs. Our [...]
