"Staying motivated"

Whenever you accomplish something in your efforts to gain knowledge or know how in any subject of interest, you should feel really happy about the progress you have made so far. You should keep doing this all along. You would start appreciating how brilliant or capable you are when you weigh up yourself against someone else who do not have something which you have managed to learn.  Never try to compare yourself with someone who has greater capabilities. You should instead cultivate a competitive spirit so that you can also develop and have such capabilities.

 Never let the thoughts of despair enter your mind. Have faith in yourself. A human being—the immortal child of Almighty God— doesn’t lack in any capabilities. His/her potentials or hidden capabilities would start manifesting as soon as the conditions are made to turn in his/her favor. Just as a mother would keep cheering up her baby, our soul should also keep buoying up our mind, giving it a pat on its back, and motivating it all the time.

 

-Pt. Shriram Sharma Acharya