A key to success

A key to success
P K Routray

Once a young man came to Socrates with an appeal,
to know the secret of success, which to him the great philosopher will reveal.
Socrates took him to the nearby river
and pushed his head down under the water
The man was kept struggling to come out with his might,
Socrates did not allow but held him tight
When the man turned blue then he was released
Immediately he grasped and took deep inhalation of air and breathed,
Socrates asked him under water what was his desire,
The prompt was reply that his desire was air and only air.
Socrates smiled and replied raising his arms to bless,
that the similar desire as was under water is the secret and key to success,
As a small fire cannot generate sufficient heat,
Weak desire cannot produce a great result to complete.
Burning desire similar to desire for air by this man under water,
Will surely give the result and build the successful empire.
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