Don't FEAR!

Hello, friends
This was the short story from the life of swami Vivekananda.
The following incident took place during swmiji’s wandering days when he was staying at Varanasi. One day when he was returning from visiting Durga temple, a troop of monkeys chased after him. To save himself swamiji at first started running, but the monkeys ran still faster and grew increasingly aggressive. At this time an old monk who happened to witness the scene called out to him: ‘stop running. Face the brutes!’ swamiji heard his call and turned to ‘face the brutes.’ Then the monkeys stopped harassing him.
Swamiji drew a great lesson from this apparently simple incident. He learnt that one should not run away when faced with danger or difficulty; instead, one must face it boldly. In his later life, swamiji referred to this incident while addressing a gathering in New York. He said: "that is a lesson for all life—face the terrible, face it boldly. Like the monkeys, the hardships of life fall back when we cease to flee before them. If we are ever to gain freedom, it must be by conquering nature, never by running away, cowards never win victories. We have to face fear and troubles and ignorance if we expect them to flee before us.’

--- Thejkumar J