The Five Ingredients That Make a Man

Sabr, Bharosa, Sankosh and Jigra

Ajaz Ahmad Bhat (IPS)

Sabr
(Patience)
Patience is the key to every success It is the most difficult part to adopt becuase it means waiting still , or in action for an undefined period . It means uncertainty about the future with a hope of success . It can be frustrating. can test you to limit and can even bring sudden failures, without warning. Yet it is the only way forward , the only means to an end and the only way that can make things possible.

( They also serve who only stand and wait ; John Milton )
Patience made possible the development of humanity .
It was patience from the architects that created monuments that have lasted for millennia .

It was patience that created agriculture and made spare time available for humans to pursue different interests.

It was patience that made humans to create tools and to make task easy
It was patience that made humans to invent , explore and create stuff.

It was patience that made the unseen world unravel before us
It is patience that can make us progress and to grow.

It is patience that can plan our future …

Patience is the key, that opens all locks of difficulties..

Bharosa
(Trust)
We trust in others and that is why we can organise things .
We can cooperate only when we trust in equal effort from others who can otherwise betray at will.

We trust in the machinery and that’s why we can run industries and operate the machines created by someone whom we don’t know.

We trust in the written and unwritten laws that operate and run our governments and religions.

We trust our intuition and act in a blink because we trust ourselves.

we trust our faith , and believe in in fate , we trust in God and believe in religion.

We trust in ourselves and achieve wonders.

Trust is the key that unlocks the doors of wisdom.

Trust in others makes us live together.

Trust we must to make or break things.

Sankosh
(Hesitation)
Hesitation in action doesn’t mean to be indecisive . It can mean a pause , an interlude , a break that makes us think properly.

So never hesitate to pause , it helps in organising the things , in planning , in preparing for the next move.

You reach somewhere and there are different directions , ways and courses which need a decision. Sankosh can be the difference between the right and the wrong decision. It can mean difference between success and failure . It can mean everything although it seems to be indecisiveness , inaction , mulling or vegetation.

But it is essential , a catalyst for the best outcome.

Sankosh can save you from wasting time.

It can save resources by organising them in proper manner.

It can mean saving energy and cost in the enterprise.

It can mean saving time, because with this pause the planning gets easy.

Sankosh can save you from trouble, this pause helps in avoiding acting impulsively, in a rash and negligent manner.

Sankosh can be a difference between disaster and success.
But Sankosh but never be construed as cowardice, indecision, indolence, irresponsibility, avoidance or inaction.

It is just a tweak , a nudge , a meditation ,an introspection that saves men and material.

Jigra
(Courage )
Bravery , grit or will …
It takes courage to think , to act and persevere in action. Nothing can replace courage when the things are difficult, dangerous, risky or uncertain.

When going gets tough, tough gets going!

Mountains can be moved, rivers can be made to change course, storms can be tided, adversaries can be defeated and adversities faced only by grit, determination and courage.

Only those who faced the challenges, succeeded.

Bravery is not just in action, it can be in inaction too.

It takes courage to be silent, it takes courage to be mute, it takes courage not to react, it takes courage to stay put and wait.

As John Milton has said
(They also serve who only stand and wait)

So courage or Jigra is a very strong and fundamental part of one’s character and cannot be bought , borrowed or lent.

It is quite intrinsic, that can only be developed when there is will !!!

Ajazz!!

(STRAIGHT TALK COMMUNICATIONS EXCLUSIVE. The author is SSP, Traffic, Srinagar, Kashmir)