If you receive no as an answer. N.O. means: Next Opportunity.
So, let’s be positive.
— Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Thoughts on Today’s Quote
The easy path when you fail at something you try is to just give up. I’ve been guilty of doing that at times.
It takes effort and determination to examine what went wrong, make adjustments and try again. Sometimes, it takes a lot of adjustments before ever getting close to success.
We’re wired for success more than failure. Failure, no matter how small wears us down, it tears at our self-confidence.
The energy and the effort to fight past that wear can feel monumental. It grows exponentially with each effort to accomplish the same task that meets with failure.
The joyous rush of success seems further and further in the distance, the longer the effort takes.
When I’m able to condition my thoughts to see each effort as a learning experience, then they don’t become failures. They become training. That training will make me smarter when I do reach the goal.
Training will build my self-confidence. It will make me ready to take on the next opportunity at the end of the path. It will make me stronger to resist others efforts to tell me ‘no’ when I have the vision to see beyond them.
Yet, I also must always evaluate and consider both sides of a discussion before deciding to continue. I must have the confidence to discern reasoned argument from foolhardy blundering.
Balance, always balance and determination.
Who is the Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam?
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam was born Oct. 15, 1931 in India. He studied physics and aerospace engineering. For most of fourty years was involved in India’s civilian space program and military missile development efforts. He played a pivotal role in India’s 1998 nuclear tests.
In 2002 he became India’s eleventh president. He was widely referred to ask the “People’s President”. After serving one term he returned to civilian life and took up teaching, writing and public service. He received several awards including the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian honour.
On July 27, 2015 while delivering a lecture, he had a cardiac arrest and died. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam was buried with full state honours.
*I will try to find information on the author of the quotes I share. I wont always be successful.
Don’t know about you, but I find it interesting to know who the person was that anyone took the time to record or quote that person.*
About Coffee Time Meditation
I love being inspired by other people’s quotes. I thought I’d start sharing some quotes that inspire me along with my own thoughts the quote evokes within me. So, think of someone, like me, sitting quietly with the first fresh coffee of the day and mediating about the words of the quote. That would be me, or it could be you.
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