Perseverance

Those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it.

- Old Chinese Proverb

How often do we never attempt doing new things, try new items, try new ways of doing it, just because we are stuck in the old "rut". History has amply proved that those who dared to do new things were successful, may be not immediately, but eventually. Perseverance is the key.

Time for Everything

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to reap.

-Ecclesiastes 3: 1-2

This verse from the Bible epitomizes to me the value of patience.

Shirdi Sai Baba also emphasized the need for faith (Shraddha) and patience (Saburi).

What are We Chasing?

"Nori-Chan, many people spend their time looking for what cannot be seen instead of enjoying what lies in front of them. For those people, the fifteenth stone will always be hidden."

From, Now and Zen, Chapter Sixteen, by Linda Gerber, Speak (Penguin Group), 2006.