Gandhiji knew it when he filled the streets
with people singing Vande Mataram. A national anthem celebrates nationhood, the
blood, sweat andtears of creating a country. It aims to transcend logic and
unleash the tigers of passion. The Americans stand there, hand on heart, before
their flag and sing the Stars and Stripes. It creates a wave of national pride
and primes people for leadership. The Japanese use this same force to create
love for the company they work in. Vivekananda carried the message of India to
the world with his matchless talk which starts, “Arise, Awake, stop not till
the goal is reached”!
Words absorb and radiate power because of
their meaning and usage. Gandhiji created a few words, “bullets” of truth that
turned a large passive lake of humanity into a tsunami, which forced the
British to leave India. They were:
• Quit India!
• Do or Die!
• Purna Swaraj! (Total freedom)
• Vande Mataram!
• Jai Hind!
• Be Indian, Buy Indian!
• Swadeshi!
• Satyameve Jayathe!
Mantras or brief prayer-words were created
by ancient seers to enter the heart and regenerate the awareness of the soul.’
When you infuse a sense of pride and joy in what you do, it becomes a joyful
experience, instead of a chore. To work at something you love, to be
“self-actualised”, in Maslow’s terms, is to protect yourself against dying
young.’ ‘People can be very happy if they love their work.
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