There is nothing more rewarding than mentoring or offering guidance to friends and colleagues. The Hindu legend below shows how important it is to invest in your mind and learn how to live a better life.

Friends, and great times…

The greatest mentor.

The greatest mentor is the one that is always around when needed, the one you can count on when no one else is available, the only one who can decode what is best for you. That one, of course, is you. Inside ourselves we hold the energy, the desire, the will to keep going in whatever direction we choose. Inside ourselves, in our thoughts and in our hearts, we hold the belief that we can achieve our greatest dreams. We only have to look deep enough.

“A Hindu legend says that once upon the earth, all people were gods. The people, however, ignored their divine spirits, sinned, and abused their powers. Brahma, who was the god of all gods, sadly decided that this divine spirit should be taken away from mankind, and stored in a place so obscure that no one would find it and abuse it again.
One of Brahma’s gods advised that he hide it beneath the earth. Brahma disagreed because, he said, man would eventually dig deep enough to uncover it. Another god suggested that they sink it down to the bottom of the deepest ocean. Brahma again disagreed, saying that eventually man would learn to dive deep enough to discover it. A third god suggested they carry it up to the highest mountaintop. “No” said Brahma, “for someday man will climb even the highest mountain on earth and find again the divine spirit. The other gods were at a loss, and had no more suggestions. “There is nowhere else to hide it where man cannot find it,” they said.
‘”Yes there is,” sighed Brahma. “We will hide it deep within the man himself. He will never think to look for it there.” And ever since then, man has been digging beneath the earth, diving into the ocean, and climbing the highest mountains looking for what is hidden deep within himself.”

Out of all the people, books, tools, and techniques we turn to for help, the greatest resource of all lies within. And even though we may have help around us, it is ultimately this inner strength that will see us through, especially when the going is tough.

Adapted from ‘Diamonds in the Rough’ by Barry J. Farber

Photograph Trent Miles