New Year Suggestion : Sheer determination is the key to success
A new Myanmar year has begun since Wednesday. At the very beginning of the new year, it is indispensable to reflect on what we did in the previous year. Subsequently, we need to sustain our strengths and eliminate our weaknesses in the new year. In order to succeed what we do, it is very important to do it being in mind that it will be done till success is got as we expect. As a saying goes, where there is a will there is a way. It means that everything is possible in this world if someone has the necessary will power and sheer determination to do it. If one has a strong will or burning desire to do something, he will hunt for all possible means to succeed in doing it with constant efforts and unshakable faith. It is man who is capable of rational thinking and coming to decisions about what he should or love to do or achieve in his life. He is capable of making a determined approach to the success he wants by setting sheer determination first. It is patently obvious that will or determination has played a significant part in leading man to success in his effort. Therefore, it is indispensable to set a dogged determination to succeed first before attempting to accomplish what is to be done. Besides, that dogged determination needs to be sustained till the success is achieved.
There are hard evidences that successes many famous people got are the results of efforts and perseverance backed by their dogged determination. Columbus, who discovered America, did not meet with success easily. He spent many days in the open sea with deep-seated faith in what he was doing. His sheer determination finally helped him discover America and he became the hero all of the people admire today. Likewise, General Aung San, who is an enduring leader of our country, tried his best to regain the independence of our country with the people by setting the strong determination. His dogged determination made his efforts stronger and eventually brought the success though he was not able to see the flower of his effort. Another example of success due to sheer determination and perseverance is the success of Ishaan and his art teacher, Nikumbh. In a 2007 Indian film titled 'Like Stars on Earth', Ishaan was an 8-year-old dyslexic child who could not read and write well as normal children could. The teachers from the school he attended first did not have dogged determination to help him study well and did not see his authentic ability. To make a long story short, his new art teacher, Nikumbh, who taught him in the school he moved, realized well that he was passionate about painting and gifted with it. Nikumbh's sheer determination, sustained effort and unshakable faith helped Ishaan become an outstanding student in his school. Actually, there are countless examples in history to show how a strong will enabled persons to achieve the objectives they had set before themselves. The world is what it is today owing to discoveries and inventions made by explorers and scientists. Their discoveries and inventions became possible because they were backed by their strong will and determination. Accordingly, it can be said that strong will and sheer determination are the part and parcel of building up the present-day civilization. Therefore, it does not matter that a person has superb abilities but matters that he has strong will and sheer determination to succeed.
Thus, the message contained in this simple saying, `Where there is a will, there is a way', is indeed a great one. Without any determination and will nothing can be achieved by man; man's ability to act with his dogged determination makes him succeed. Therefore, it is blindingly obvious that sheer determination is the key to success and it is a must we must do first in the new year.
Htet Zaw Htoo
