Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Where the mind is without fear

Today, I had taken a leave on account of falling sick. By evening, I decided to clear some clutter as they were making me angry.
I stumbled upon 'Gitanjali' and it reminded of many years back when fear had no meaning in my life. Although these beliefs were old and hidden deep inside some nook of my mind but they are there. I decided to resurrect these beliefs and well this made me happy.
By the way, this was also taught in our school :-)

Please read through:

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high
Where knowledge is free
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments
By narrow domestic walls
Where words come out from the depth of truth
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way
Into the dreary desert sand of dead habit
Where the mind is led forward by thee
Into ever-widening thought and action
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake

--RabindraNath Tagore