In
Æesop's Fables a fine stag is looking at his form reflected in a lake and is
saying to his young one, "How powerful I am, look at my splendid head,
look at my limbs, how strong and muscular they are; and how swiftly I can
run." In the meantime he hears the barking of dogs in the distance, and
immediately takes to his heels, and after he has run several miles, he comes
back panting. The young one says, "You just told me how strong you were,
how was it that when the dog barked, you ran away?" "Yes, my son; but
when the dogs bark all my confidence vanishes."
Such is the case with us. We
think highly of humanity, we feel ourselves strong and valiant, we make grand
resolves; but when the "dogs" of trial and temptation bark, we are
like the stag in the fable. Then, if such is the case, what is the use of
teaching all these things? There is the greatest use. The use is this, that
perseverance will finally conquer. Nothing can be done in a day.
SOURCE:
The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda;
Volume-2: Chapter –VII:
GOD
IN EVERYTHING
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