The Crown And Glory Of Life Is Character – Expansion Of Thought
“What is the best wealth do you possess?”
Answer to this question will certainly vary person to person. But a right magi knows
the perfect answer. That is character. Character is not a gift which comes
through inheritance on can be injected manually in any person. Character is not
what we call as high intellect. It is not possessing huge amount of wealth and
pretending to be great. It is not even getting high honourable degrees endowed
by some authority. To define character we can take help of Helen Keller who
says –
“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved”.
A strong character will stand up for his/her beliefs, ethics, follow the sound
and perfect self-conscience, be honorable and upright, live by our principles
no matter whatever dire consequence may fall upon. To end with I would echo the
words of Abraham Lincoln.
“Character is like a tree and reputation is like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. “