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Truth can stay. Others can leave. He said

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In darkness of night, he lay awake.

He was watching gathering of thoughts in his mind. It was an assembly of his thoughts.

Then one thought stood up and asked the gathering of thoughts, “After Gandhiji, is there no one willing to search for truth?”

Every thought murmured, laughed and smiled.

At this juncture, he decided to intervene.

He said,”Truth can stay. All others may leave.”

The assembly of thoughts in his mind became silent.

He felt at peace within. He felt strength. His views on everything changed.

The Man of Standards

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I remember many occasions when I have acted below standards.

But the fact that I am conscious that I have acted below, shows that somewhere in mind, standards are there. I am comparing my deviation with those standards.

Does this not prove that I am a man of standards?

Probably not. Knowing high standards is good. But not living up to those high standardseven when knowing those standards, is “Failure of a Man of Standards”.

Some psychologists suggest, we should lower the bar of our standards, so that we can feel “Good Enough”.

But the true pleasure lies in climbing a mountain and fixing flag at the top of mountain. True pleasures are in living up to the high standards which may have been set in our mind.