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ASPIRATION AND SURRENDER
The word ‘aspire’ according to the Dictionary means to desire earnestly. To aspire means that there should be a desire which we seek to satisfy more than any other desire. Some aspire for fame, some fortune, some others pleasures and some more, the Divine. But an ardent desire for rank, fame or power is known more as an ambition. The word ‘ambition’ applies to the desire for personal advancement or preferment and may suggest equally a praise worthy or an inordinate desire. Aspiration thus may be understood as an earnest and strong desire to achieve something high or great.
But before we can achieve our aspirations we need to know what they are, and then set concrete goals to reach them. Aspiration implies a striving after something higher than oneself or one’s present status which may be ennobling or uplifting. It
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