Nothingsucceedswithoutastrongwill
Thereisaprevalentjokearoundyoungpeoplesayingthat‘quittingsmokingistheeasiestthingintheworld,andI’vedoneitforhundredsoftimes.’Thisseeminglyfunnystatementironicallyreflectsthefactthatthedeterminationofmostyoungstersisoftentimesstartedwithenthusiasm,butthepassionbecomesincreasinglyweakereachday,andthendiminishesasiftherehasbeennosuchthingatallItisobviousthattheirfailurein‘quittingsmoking’anddeclineofdeterminationareallascribedtotheirlackofwill.Initially,everysuccessinvolvesseveralstagesofsetbacksandrisks,andweneedtosummonupourwilltoconquerthem.Moreover,thereareenormoustemptationinourpathofpursuitofsuccess.Forinstance,whenweplantoquitsmoking,ourroommatesmaysmokefreelyinfrontofus;whenweareeagertokeepfit,ourclosefriendsmayinviteustohavelatenightsnacks.Undertheseoccasions,onlystrongwillcanassistustoresistthetemptation,andpersistinchasingourgoalsuntilwetriumphantlyrealizethem.Inshort,nodreamwillsuccessfullycometrueifwedonothavestrongwill.Anoldfamousproverbsaysthat‘wherethereisawill,thereisaway’.Letusbearthismottoninmindnomatterhowmanythundersandthornsareonourroadsahead,thenwewillbesuccessfulwithsuchpreciousandpowerfulspirit.