Darkness cannot drive out darkness only light can do that

2075-5-18

Darkness cannot drive out darkness only light can do that

Martin Luther King said- Darkness cannot drive out darkness only light can do that. How strong sentence he spoke. It's really a natural one. No one can go against it. Therefore, everyone has to have positive attitude towards life and do accordingly. If someone thinks only about the gloomy part, he can never get success but if someone thinks positively even in hardship, he can achieve what he is struggling for. We human being should try to find the rays of light that can lessen our pain and release from our darkness that prevails in us. He added that hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do. If you begin to hate anyone else, he can never follow you but if you show him your love that must compel him to follow you. Love is everything that can give out the outlet to the hardship that we are facing.

Easy meal is not tasty to eat but if it is gained through our hard labour it will be memorable. Albert Einstein said- In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. To grab the opportunity, everyone has to face adversity. Adversity is the source of knowledge for everyone. If we get something else without effort it sounds like easy come easy go but if it is achieved only after struggle, it will be remembered as a wonderful moment. We should try to be familiar with our ability. Aristotle said- Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom. If we remain inactive thinking that there is not any share for my part, only darkness remains as your share. Even BP Koirala used to say that if there is difficulty to decide on the case of nationality, pick up the soil and put it onto your heart and ask to your soul, what your soul answers, do accordingly. Here also, if the confusion arises, our inner soul can get us the way to be out from it. We should have mental and physical strength to come out from our hardship. Mahatma Gandhi believed that a person couldn't be strong only having strongly made physical structure. He said- Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. Therefore, our willingness is the tool that can guide us our destination whether move to darkness or towards the shiny day of our lives.

To lead Nepal towards affluent, it needs a vision. Vision comes whether through learning or thinking. Thinking is the mother of every invention. Even Issac Newton said- No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess. To find out something, we need guessing. After guessing, we have to put our guessing into effect and should observe its result and come to the conclusion. Conclusion is the fact that can guide us. Therefore, Nepal also needs someone who can have bold guess to end every conflict prevailing in every corner of Nepal. Let everyone think as a Nepali rather than Rai, Bahun, Kshetry, Damai, Sarki or others or not as Himali, Pahadi or Madheshi but only as Nepali. If everyone begins to feel proud being a Nepali, there will be harmony among people. Nepal can be a home for all. Everyone has to realize that a house divided cannot stand.

Chandra Kanta Pandit

Pashupati Mitra Secondary School

Chabahil, Kathmandu, Nepal