The Enlightened Spirit

One day I decided to quit. I wanted to quit my job, my relationship, my spirituality…I just wanted to quit my life.

I went to the woods to have one last talk with God.

“God,” I said. “Can you give me one good reason not to quit?”

His answer surprised me.

“Look around,” He said. “Do you see the fern and the bamboo?”

“Yes,” I replied.

“When I planted the fern and the bamboo seeds, I took very good care of them. I gave them light. I gave them water.

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When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you’re trudging seems all up hill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh.
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest if you must, but don’t you quit.

Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As everyone of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about,
When he might have won had he stuck it out.
Don’t give up, though the pace seems slow –
You might succeed with another blow.

Often the goal is nearer than
It seems to a faint and faltering man.
Often the struggler has given up
When he might have captured the victor’s cup.
And he learned too late, when the night slipped down,
How close he was to the golden crown.

Success is failure turned inside out –
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt –
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems afar.
So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit –
It’s when things seem worst that you mustn’t quit.

A pretty touching & inspiring scene from the movie “The Pursuit of Happyness” - a true life story of a man’s journey from homeless poverty to being the top stockbroker in San Francisco & New York…

In 1982, there was a man found sleeping on the floor on the bathroom stall in a San Francisco train station with his young son in tow….

The product of a broken home, his girlfriend has left him several months ago, taking their young son along. However she appeared one day and handed the boy back to the man, saying that she cannot cope.

At the same time, he was a medical equipment salesman with great dreams. He started an internship with at brokerage firm, the ticket to a better life.

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