SUSTAINED PROGRESS

 

“Small beginning,

Incremental improvement,

And sustained progress

Will lead to legendary possibilities” – mahatria Ra

How many of us can proudly say,” I never gave up?”  Life is not always favourable to us. When things are going right, suddenly something comes up when we least expect it and jerks us.

The story of NSN reiterates the above quote. A humble beginning, a life of immense challenge for the Founder, not sure what the future held, yet she took one step at a time, with unshakeable faith in the Almighty, totally dedicated to her work, a meagre existence, with life not compensating her for her hard work and efforts.

But she had no complaints. She just carried on, focusing on what she could do for the cause of education.

Slowly, everything began to change in her favour. Today, from two students, NSN has progressed to almost 5800 students, and has grown organically. It is a 56-year old institution, which has sustained for more than five decades, and is ready for a new beginning in Kundrathur.      

In life, there is a point at which quantitative change brings about qualitative change. The secret is to do it long enough- incremental improvement.

NSN stands as a testimony to the grit and determination, patience and perseverance, relentless and selfless attitude and the never-give-up spirit of the Founder.

How many of us can boast of such a patience? The history of the school itself is a great lesson in life for the students.

 

People tend to give up in life very soon. They are not willing to wait. Children go for sports or music or dance, and when they don’t see much progress, they want to give up.

Ordinary people went on to become legends only because they never gave up over the years.

We try to open a bottle and when it seems hard, we give up. We try to work out a problem in Math, and when we find it difficult to solve it, we give up. We run a race and when we don’t win a medal, we get frustrated, and we give up. We try to memorize definitions or formulae, or a poem, and if at first, we don’t succeed, we give up. We try hard for a job and when we don’t find one, we give up.

Failure in any aspect of life affects some of them. They are not able to accept it. Some tend to go into depression, not realizing that failure is only an event and does not define them.

How do we achieve the mental strength to handle the vagaries of life?

# Practice self-awareness and acceptance

# Focus on what you can control

# Develop resilience

# Set realistic goals and celebrate achievements

# Learn from failures

# Reframe negative thoughts

# Cultivate positive relationships

Life’s bounties are always beyond the imaginary finishing line. The point at which you wished to give up, is the point at which, success was awaiting you. So, hold on. Don’t miss out on those legendary possibilities that is there at the end of the tunnel. Cross it, and grab the joy of success. Then you will have your own success story to tell the world!

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