વારસવિકાસ બન.

તું ખરો શક્તિમાન બન.

ખટકતી અટકતી કેડી ભલે,

તું અડગ વધતો વારસવિકાસ બન.

તું સાહસ સથવારે તીક્ષ્ણ બન. 

અડચણ કનડે વારંવાર ભલે 

તું વિધ્નથી વધુ ધારદાર બન.

તું રગ રગમાં હિંમત બન.

મૂસીબતની મજબૂત ભૂજા ભલે

તું હ્રદયે હામનો જાગીરદાર બન.  

તું અણનમ ઉમેદવાર બન.

પ્રતિકારક પ્રક્રિયાઓ ઉમટે ભલે

તું પ્રતિકૂળને અનુકૂલનનો પાઠ બન.

તું હંફાવતો પહેરેદાર બન. 

અટખેલી રચે પ્રકૃતિ નિમ્ન ભલે

તું પ્રભુકાર્યથી કૃપાનો હકદાર બન.

અભય અલભ્ય ઉદ્-ધાર બન...

પ્રભુનો પાકો પ્રેમપ્રાણ બન...

જય હો પ્રભુ...

જૂન ૨૦૧૯

Courage: bold, it faces all dangers.

Integral courage: whatever the domain, whatever the danger, the attitude remains the same--calm and assured.

Courage is a sign of the soul's nobility.

But courage must be calm and master of itself, generous and benevolent.

In true courage there is no impatience and no rashness.

Never mistake rashness for courage, nor indifference for patience.

4 November 1951

Vital courage must be controlled to be helpful.

A noblest courage is to recognise one's faults.

There is no greater courage than that of recognising one's own mistakes.

1 May 1954

There is no greater courage than to be always truthful.

31 July 1954

Have the courage to be completely frank with the Divine.

Whosoever has courage can give courage to others, just as the flame of the candle can light up another.

It is quite necessary that those who have courage should have some courage for those who have none.

The moral courage and endurance are often much more difficult to get than the material courage and endurance.

22 July 1955

True courage, in its deepest sense, is to be able to face everything, everything in life, from the smallest to the greatest things, from material things to those of the spirit, without a shudder, without physically... without the heart beginning to beat faster, without the nerves trembling or the slightest emotion in any part of the being. Face everything with a constant consciousness of the divine Presence, with a total self-giving to the Divine, and the whole being unified in this will; then one can go forward in life, can face anything whatever, I say, without a shudder, without a vibration; this, you know, is the result of a long effort, unless one is born with a special grace, born like that. But this is still more rare.

*THE MOTHER

Vol.6, pp. 258-59

Flower Name: Calotropis gigantea

Mudar, Bowstring hemp, Crown plant

Significance: Courage

Bold, it faces all dangers.