You are the powerhouse!

 

All power is within you: You can do anything and everything.

                                               - Swami Vivekananda

As per Ramayana, when Lord Hanuman was given the responsibility to find Sita. The entire army of Lord Rama reached the seashore. The target was to reach Lanka the empire of the Devil Ravana. Everyone was thinking about it. Lord Hanuman was also thinking. The bear king Jamvanth knew that Hanuman is a powerhouse. He

has forgotten his strength because of which he is not confident that how would he make it. Jamvanth decided to remind him about his strength. Everyone started reminding Lord Hanuman about his internal strength and finally, he realized that he can do it. He closed his eyes and took the name of his idol Lord Rama and increased his body size 100 times bigger than others. He crossed the sea in one jump and reached Lanka to find information about Sita. 

Now why, I've started with this small story? Just to make you all understand that we all have powers within us. It's just that we forget to use it. Here, power doesn't mean physical strength only. Power refers to many aspects here. 

There is another example from our life. We all have seen an elephant in our life. Few of us might have taken rides during our childhood. I didn't get a chance to take a ride. You might have seen that the elephant is such a big animal but has very small eyes. Have you given a thought ever on this? I thought once and asked my grandmother. She gave me an interesting reply on it. She said, "God has given his small eyes so that he cannot see his huge body. That's why people use his power as per their needs. If he would have large eyes he would have seen his body and then would have realized his powers." I was a kid so I understood as per her explanation. 

But, the reality is the same. We often don't realize our hidden strength and then others start taking undue advantage of it. We do work for others and keep on doing. They enjoy their life but we don't. Why? Let me explain.

In the above image, we see that power has been divided into 4 major parts.

• Will power
• Physical strength
• Power to control emotions
• Strong mindset

Let's understand them one by one. 

Will power- A strong willpower will make you strong and determined. The best example of strong willpower is Yuvraj Singh (the famous Indian cricketer) who fought with cancer and came back happily. All this happened because of his strong willpower. If he would have lost it he would have been never been able to recover. If you will have strong willpower, you'll never look back no matter what ever the situation is?

Physical strength - Physical strength is also important. You will have to keep yourself strong physically also to take up the challenge. How? Let me explain. Suppose, you want to lose weight and want to come back in shape. You have strong willpower but you are not able to make your physical strength better as you are into smoking and drinking or it could be any other reason. You are not eating a clean and healthy diet. Will you ever be able to lose weight now? The answer is no. You will not be able to exercise properly because of your bad habits. You don't have any physical strength. 

Salute to our great Indian Soldiers. They have strong willpower, strong physical strength too and many more qualities which we civilians don't have and because of them we are enjoying our day-to-day life. 

Power to control emotions - This is a very important factor. You should have the power to control your emotions. What people will say? What he/she/they will think? It doesn't matter at all. Nobody thought about your well-being when you needed them the most. So, why you are bothered about them. Why get emotional about others. There is a famous phrase "It's good to be emotional but don't be an emotional fool." 

So, control your emotions always. Don't get flooded away with it else people will take undue advantage of it. 

Strong mindset - A strong mindset will always give you a positive boost up. This is a very important pillar of your powerhouse. A strong mindset will never let negative thoughts overpower you. It will give you a boost-up whenever you'll feel low. It helps you to imagine and live the life you want to have in the future. A very interesting example of it is one of my favorite sportsmen "Arnold Schwarzenegger." 

I have discussed his struggle in brief in my article "Pain is temporary." This article has touch-based the integral part of our life. You can read this article and will be able to co-relate that the power lies within you. 

If any of the above 4 parts go missing, you will never be able to realize your hidden and real strength. You will always be a puppet of others and they will take benefit of yours as per their needs.

Stop wasting your time listening to negative talks Just remember one thing that if you have

a strong will power

a strong physical strength

power to control emotions & 

a strong mindset

the world will be yours. You'll be the king of your empire and the sky will be the limit for you. 

What are you waiting for?

Time will not come back. Look inside you and you will see that 

"You are the powerhouse!"

All the best!

Regards,

Moloy            

(To read in Hindi, click here)