Face the challenges
' Once in Varanasi, while he was walking on a street, he got surrounded by a troop of monkeys. Howling and shrieking, they came closer and the Swami began to run. But the faster he ran, faster came the monkeys. Suddenly he heard an old monk call out "Face the brutes". The words inspired him and he turned to boldly face the monkeys. Immediately, they ran away. With reverence and gratitude, he thanked the monk for saving him and also for teaching a great lesson that he was to carry all his life.
After many years, Vivekananda was to refer to this incident in a New York lecture “...face the terrible, face it boldly. Like the monkeys, the hardships of life fall back when we cease to flee from them.” '
After many years, Vivekananda was to refer to this incident in a New York lecture “...face the terrible, face it boldly. Like the monkeys, the hardships of life fall back when we cease to flee from them.” '