Swami Vivekananda says " We are the makers of our destiny ."
Edward Fitzgerald says"
The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
Great Kannada poet K. V. Puttappa beautifully compares Life to boat and says.
" Let boat sail, move forward to blowing wind and reach the distant shore going up and down sliding over the waves"
A part of spiritual message of Hazarat Inayat Khan is as follows:-
Because life means a continual battle one's success, failure, happiness, or unhappiness mostly depends upon one's knowledge of this battle. Whatever be one's occupation in life, whatever be one's knowledge, if one lacks the knowledge of the battle of life one lacks the most important knowledge of all.
Think of your life and think of lives of many whom you know too. Does it not seem to you that Life is a battle or not ? Life is a battle. It's a challenge. It's seldom a smooth ride. It's a different kind of battle.It isn't an ordinary battle at all. It's called a battle only because of its complexities.The word "Battle"signifies how important and how seriously life is to be treated. After many battles only one becomes great in life. One cannot become great overnight.Battles don't go by and large unrewarded.If one battles & secures something they would be proud of it . It's really an achievement. Similarly,one would be proud if they battle & have rein over their Life. One can avoid any battle but cannot avoid battle of life. At one time or other for one or another reason ,one has to battle in life if not with anybody with themselves at least. It isn't known how many books are written on battles of life and how many movies are screened.
Life is a battle doesn't mean life has only battles.Battle in it is not brandishing of weapons. It is pursuit of happiness. It has everything. It's beautiful & interesting . Battle makes it more beautiful. More a diamond chiseled it shines more and similarly life too. It could chisel a man into a perfect human being. Battle makes life memorable.
In life for everything time is earmarked. It is rightly said "Play while you play" Work while you work "and "Sleep while you sleep". A man mustn't sleep always but sleep when necessary only. Otherwise it would be too late to do anything & he might have to repent for having gone to sleep. By the time he opens eyes normally everything would be over too.Life is a battle not to only one but to everyone too.
Self confidence is very important in Life. If one has self confidence, one can face battle of life also confidently. Self confidence develops a feeling " Come what may" Whatever may be the outcome, a battle has to be fought always to win. Even the battle of life has to be fought with all hopes to win only.In any battle fortune fluctuates .Even in battle of life, it fluctuates too . Life isn't a straight line.If one doesn't battle & don't try and bring life on proper rails, it wouldn't remain as it is at all. Life would go on as it likes. It takes it own course. Life is what it is to-day to a man because of his efforts and His blessings.
C Joy Bell C says “Choose your battles wisely. After all, life isn't measured by how many times you stood up to fight. It's not winning battles that makes you happy, but it's how many times you turned away and chose to look into a better direction. Life is too short to spend it on warring. Fight only the most, most, most important ones, let the rest go.”
Why a man is born seldom he knows. He chooses a purpose soon after birth and battles to fulfill it. Robin S.Sharma says '' When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all of your thoughts break their-bonds: your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction and you find yourself in a new, great and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive and you discover yourself to be a greater person than you ever dreamed yourself to be.
Battle of life cannot be won by money, intelligence or anything alone. Battle of life is not confined to four walls of a house.Its boundaries aren't marked.Sometimes, it goes on within man too.How many problems & how much people struggle . Nothing is ever easy in life. Nothing should be easy too. If anything is easy one wouldn't surely realize its value at all. When one battles and secures one would know its value.
One's life is not like life of another and one life battle is not like another life battle also. A life battle cannot be completely and satisfactorily described. It is just like a cold war.It is not at all easy to combat it .The battle that's going on in a life is sometimes only visible & sometimes not visible at all. It begins the moment one is born and ends only when one leaves the world. It has to be carried on mostly single handedly. There is no chosen way to fight it. Everyone chooses their own way to fight it out. Every religion under the sky has its own way to fight it too.The way one live their life and win the battle inspire others. That make them a legend too. Great lives are imitated and followed also .
A battle of life would never be without events. The battle of life of an individual can create an history.That's why it's said how you lived is more important than how long you lived.A battle of life would be bubbling with lessons to individual as well as to others.It won't be without mistakes too.It's overall a valuable experience In battle of life who are all passers by, it couldn't be said. One comes across friends, foes, learned, illiterate, intelligent, dull herds and all .Battle of life is a rare precious opportunity.How long it lasts nobody knows.Sometimes, it's long & sometimes it's short.Winning it is one of the ambitions of every man invariably . It's always prestigious to him too and he leaves no stone unturned in this regard at all. Everyone adopts strategies to win it.Some adopt their own strategies & some adopt their as well as others strategies. Strategy varies from person to person. However,everyone's motto is to win the battle.
No reason is necessary for the life battle to commence or escalate.To fight any battle armor is quite essential & armor is essential to fight battle of life too.But it's a different kind of armor.Qualities that a man has is his armor to fight the battle of life.They comprise not one or two but many.In it more than weapons,money,men matters & circumstances play a greater role.Mere intelligence or resources aren't enough to combat it .In order to win it efforts aren't only enough but they must be also in right direction & at right time.A man is helpless to face many odds in It. At times health is an impediment It causes many hurdles.
All aren't equally well equipped and equally capable to face it also . Life battle isn't always destructive as other battles are. Sufferings in life battle & other battles are quite different. In a battle enemies fight one another. In life battle one wouldn't know whom to fight , why to fight, what to fight and how to fight etc many times. Life battle is intriguing .Quite often, life doesn't either give or disclose any clues at all. It always stores surprises.
Every man's life is a battle.It is a hard battle.It nobody wants to lose. But its result isn't in one's hands completely at all. It is survival of the fittest. Life doesn't allow a man to remain calm at all. Life tries to make a man runaway from it. It tests a man not in one way but in several ways. It makes one shed more tears than make one shed blood. One who faces life till the end and fights is always praised whatever may be the outcome.
Optimism doesn't generally disappoint. Some win the battle and are rewarded. One who is defeated too would at least have the consolation of not giving up easily and putting up a tough fight.Here,it is to be remembered that it doesn't matter if they win or lose,it's how they fought the battle that always counts.It would be an honorable defeat. Fight would be seldom futile. In a battle one cannot always win. Success and defeats are common in battles. One shouldn't runaway from life. How many turns a life battle would make it cannot be said. As such, we come across, success stories, tragedies & comedy in life battle. Autobiographies are nothing but illustrations of life battles.
In battle of life a man may do good or may do bad also.He may do what's necessary or may do what's unnecessary also. What he would do for his survival it couldn't be easily guessed at all. What would be the outcome of battle of life nobody could predict accurately. King of kings could become an ordinary citizen. Emperor Nala becomes a cook. In battle of life, physical , intellectual , financial and all others strengths have limitations. It is His wish is dominant and powerful.In battle of life it is better to remember Krishna's advice to Arjuna in Bhagavad Gita" Do your duty and leave the results to me "