Sahana (Patience): The ability to start and maintain an activity
till its logical conclusion.
Can anyone guarantee the result of a project? If we were to insist on knowing the outcome before starting any activity, we may never begin. We start an activity based on certain assumptions. All we can guarantee is effort, not the result. To sustain effort over time and be able to keep going in adverse circumstances calls for engagement as one can experience extreme eustress (motivation) and distress.
On the path of achievement, one experiences fear, frustration, self-doubt, loneliness, failure and learning. This does not mean one has failed in the endeavour. The lessons are subconscious and take time to manifest as behaviour. The ability to stay invested in a project creates a stability in one’s sense of identity because of the tempering of expectation with achievement and management of fear.
Shraddha (Commitment): Shraddha is actually a mix of sincerity, focus, drive for results, passion and willingness to change solution-set to complete the task. Often, this may mean working with no help- maybe in adverse conditions, no recognition or resources, including money.
Anecdotes, experiences and situations to help understand…
(Wikipedia extract) Harriet Tubman was an African-American abolotionins, humanitarian and Union spy during the Civil War period. After escaping from slavery, into which she was born, she made thirteen missions to rescue over seventy slaves using the network of anti-slavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad.
As a child, Tubman was beaten and whipped by her various owners. Early in her life, she suffered a traumatic head wound when she was hit by a heavy metal weight thrown by an irate slave owner, intending to hit another slave.
In 1849, Tubman escaped to Philadelphia, then immediately returned to rescue her family. Slowly, one group at a time, she brought relatives with her out of the state, and eventually guided dozens of other slaves to freedom. Traveling by night and in extreme secrecy, Tubman (or “Moses”, as she was called) “never lost a passenger”.
When the American Civil War began, Tubman worked for the Union Army, first as a cook and nurse, and then as an armed scout and spy. The first woman to lead an armed expedition in the war, she guided a raid on the Combhee River, which liberated more than seven hundred slaves.
She was active in the women's suffrage movement until illness overtook her. She died in poverty.
Tubman, widely known and well-respected while she was alive,
became an American icon in the years after her death. She inspired generations
of African Americans struggling for equality andcivil rights.
Can anyone guarantee the result of a project? If we were to insist on knowing the outcome before starting any activity, we may never begin. We start an activity based on certain assumptions. All we can guarantee is effort, not the result. To sustain effort over time and be able to keep going in adverse circumstances calls for engagement as one can experience extreme eustress (motivation) and distress.
On the path of achievement, one experiences fear, frustration, self-doubt, loneliness, failure and learning. This does not mean one has failed in the endeavour. The lessons are subconscious and take time to manifest as behaviour. The ability to stay invested in a project creates a stability in one’s sense of identity because of the tempering of expectation with achievement and management of fear.
Shraddha (Commitment): Shraddha is actually a mix of sincerity, focus, drive for results, passion and willingness to change solution-set to complete the task. Often, this may mean working with no help- maybe in adverse conditions, no recognition or resources, including money.
Anecdotes, experiences and situations to help understand…
(Wikipedia extract) Harriet Tubman was an African-American abolotionins, humanitarian and Union spy during the Civil War period. After escaping from slavery, into which she was born, she made thirteen missions to rescue over seventy slaves using the network of anti-slavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad.
As a child, Tubman was beaten and whipped by her various owners. Early in her life, she suffered a traumatic head wound when she was hit by a heavy metal weight thrown by an irate slave owner, intending to hit another slave.
In 1849, Tubman escaped to Philadelphia, then immediately returned to rescue her family. Slowly, one group at a time, she brought relatives with her out of the state, and eventually guided dozens of other slaves to freedom. Traveling by night and in extreme secrecy, Tubman (or “Moses”, as she was called) “never lost a passenger”.
When the American Civil War began, Tubman worked for the Union Army, first as a cook and nurse, and then as an armed scout and spy. The first woman to lead an armed expedition in the war, she guided a raid on the Combhee River, which liberated more than seven hundred slaves.
She was active in the women's suffrage movement until illness overtook her. She died in poverty.
- How do you think Harriet found the strength to sustain?
- She obviously had no resources and worked in adverse conditions. It must have been very lonely. How might she have managed?
- What can you say about her drive and patience? Would she have been patient all the time?
Share your opinion and experiences
- What is the essence of patience?
- How we increase our ability to face adversity and keep moving towards the goals?
- When we demonstrate sincerity, what happens to others?
- Can we be patient all the time? How do we keep our spirits up in all situations?
- Should we stay invested in all projects at all times?
- How do we decide when to let go a project which is not going anywhere? What impact does such a decision have on our sense of identity?
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