My dear students...

My dear students,
Hesitation heightens the gravity of things. So please wake up. There is no one who knows everything. Even the god has forgotten so many things to do only because he had a little knowledge. He forgot to make you bright, and me be able to sharpen you. But you must rise and shine because there is no one who understands your ability better than yourself.

I know you get nervous when you are to ask a question. Because you are threatened by the change inherent in learning and by the fear that you will appear foolish. Mind! If you ask a question, you will be a fool for 5 minutes. If you do not, you’ll be a fool forever. It’s up to you to decide what you want to be – a fool for 5 minutes or a fool forever. A problem, as I feel, you commonly wrestle with is the fear of making mistakes and thinking that not trying at all is the best way to avoid mistakes. It’s wrong! Please go on making mistakes and learning from your mistakes. Marva Collins has said, ‘If you cannot make a mistake you cannot make anything.’ Ronald E Osborn has rightly said, “Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you’ll never grow.” Don’t you want to grow? I think making a mistake is a strategy you apply while learning a new thing. Your mistakes show us (the teachers) where things are unclear to you and hence we know where to work further.

There are many pitfalls on the way to life’s highway. You may fall lots of times and be tired. Are you already tired? Do you know what Oliver Goldsmith has said about success? - it consists of getting up just one time more than you fall. Aren’t you ready to get up once more? So please form the habit of asking anything to the Mr. Fixit any time you face with a problem. A problem is meant to be solved, nothing is impossible; anything can be done no matter it takes time. You see what people say ‘Nothing is impossible because the word ‘impossible’ itself says that ‘I (’) m possible’. When others can climb the mountain, why can you not? After all you have to. If you think you cannot do it correctly, the other fellow is busy making mistakes and going ahead. When you realize you’ve made a mistake, take immediate step to correct it. Do not get afraid of being criticized. The poor fellows will criticize only because they cannot do it themselves. Take it to your heart what Oscar Wilde has said, “The critic is one who knows the price of everything but value of nothing.” So why do you trust the poor fellow who knows value of nothing? Is he really wiser than you are? Even if you think you cannot do much better, never quit striving for the best. So please follow this dictum—try try until you die. One of my students Nisha Ghimire (2009) once had come with a quote - ‘Try, try even if you fail, but don’t fail to try.’ So why should you fail to try? I say there is NO WAY you are going to resign yourself against those failures. You must immediately get back on your feet and be able to fully bet on the entire potential that you have kept intact inside of you. Now I am telling you honestly that all the conditions are here for you to join the winners’ side, the side of those who never quit trying.

Please don’t worry that you are lagging behind. It is not the solution any way. Really worry often gives a small thing a big shadow. Do not worry even when a rival imitates you. As long as he follows you, he cannot pass you. Be proud you are the leader of your own rivals. Believe in yourself. Think you can do and you really can. Under no circumstances should you underestimate your ability. To underestimate oneself is committing moral suicide. And the greatest of all faults is to imagine you are none. You may not be very good at utilizing your skills and talents but you do deserve to possess them. Never in your life should you think that you are a know-nothing. Who knows everything?

Now finally let me talk about positive attitude. Unless you think positive of others, they will not think positive of you. All the positive virtues lead you every inch to success. All the negative thoughts are your worst enemies because they choke one after another your every chance of success. Let us remedy right now the negative aspects (but above all reinforce the positive and best aspects) of your present life, since everything can change very soon if we really want! You know the best way to make your dream come true is to wake up. Until you wake up and act out for fulfilling your dream, you end up sleeping and dreaming. Working out from the very onset of life can magically and swiftly change the path you are on, illuminate your future and transform your life in countless powerful and positive, ways, once and for all, now and forever. This is what I want for you! I would be immensely sorry, if I were not able to have you benefit fully from these wonderful moments that we are spending together. No questions, no argument and no explanation will be necessary. But no matter what, you can still keep these ideas as my free gifts to you.

If by any chance have I hurt your feelings, please accept my apologies for that. If you cannot stay without commenting on it, drop me a line when you have time.

All the very best wishes!

As always,

Rebat Kumar Dhakal