Journey Along the Beaten Path

As our search for truth is going to probably be a life-long journey, the best way I was told by Lama Zopa Rinpoche ( a Buddhist Monk ) is to take it at a moderate pace.

Most people start of with 110% energy and zeal, and along the way lose steam and fall off the beaten path.... Your search for truth is not a 100 meter dash... it is a 40km marathon run, we need to pace ourself.

When our search seems futile, taper off a little keep everything to a bare minimum ( but never totally zero ), take a break, and when we are well rested, hop on again and the journey continues.

In our search for truth, even depression and despair is an answer, it tells us how durable we are in moments of stress, it helps us humble ourselves, and it also gives us the knowledge to understand others in the same state when they appraoch you for help in the future.

FOr our answers, all we can do is look within, for your inspiration what we can do is look without, towards others who are doin well to inspire us and towards others who are in pain and despair to empower us towards developing the power of Kindness and Love to WANT to help others with fervor ( paraphrased from Mother Teresa , that was how she did it, Look within in prayer... Look without for inspiration )

Just as all our obstacles are self-produced, so too can our heart self- produce morale to uplift itself. And we should take a moment to remember that every saint, every sage, every peace advocate had to face the most troubling moments and the most lowest of times, which they then transcended and arose Strong, Adamant and Unmoving in their resolve to complete whatever they had set out to do...

e.g: Gandhi, Her Eminence Mother Teresa, His Holiness The Dalai Lama, Jesus, Buddha, Kuan Yin. St. Francis, Joan of Arc, Stephen Hawkings, Hellen Keller and many many more such individuals who brave through the worst of times and their stories inspired and encouraged MILLIONS of people all round the globe and through the ages.