A Ship Docked in Harbor cannot face the Storms

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Akhil Varghese said:   7 years ago
There is a saying "A great deal of talent is lost in the world for want of a little courage". It doesn't matter how talented we are, if we are not willing to challenge ourselves by pushing beyond our comfort zone, our talent will be of no use to us. Price of the diamond depends on how graciously it has been cut. Like that life throws us difficult situations only to raise our values. Always remember it's better to lose some battles rather than surrendering yourselves without knowing what you are fighting for.
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Prachi Agrawal said:   9 years ago
Everyone on earth takes birth or exists for a purpose. This may be a self-defined goal or a social responsibility or anything. Everyone's life is directed towards the accomplishment of the objective. Although, one accomplishment leads to the desire for a new goal. Success lies in such accomplishments.

The purpose of a seed to provide food and shelter and reproduce. The purpose can be achieved only if the seed comes out of its comfort zone, i.e. the nurturing soil. The seed's life is successful, only when it cracks the earth and comes out to grow into a tree. It is said, "Too much of anything is bad". If the same seed, fails to grow and come out of the comfort zone to face the atmosphere, the same earth which was supposed to nurture it will end up spoiling the same. A rotten seed is of no use.

Similarly, an un-harbored ship invites rust and damages itself. Over-pampered or lazy people who deny leaving their comfort zones, are never successful. To enjoy success, one needs to face challenges and difficulties of life.

Remember,

A ship can sail against the storms and realize its potential, only if it is un-harbored.
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Raj said:   6 years ago
Life is all about taking the risk, one can't succeed in life until he passes by million of difficulties.

The survival of the fittest is a base of ones living.

A ship docked in a harbor can't experience thunder, lightning, storm and can't prove it metal until tested in an open ocean. As experience always tends to perfection. The day when we all will understand our duties, responsibilities, aim no one would be able to stop us. Once the ship sails into the ocean face the storm and reach its destination it gets success. So live your life, enjoy it never oppose it.
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Shrikant Baba said:   8 years ago
If everyone agrees on the topic, there is no point of discussion. For the sake of opposing it, I believe not every ship is meant to face the Storms. Many of us might not be here to face difficulties and go through this harsh realities. Life is meant to be lived. And we should not seek our approval from hardships.

Also, it is not necessary to have practical experience always to be excellent. You can always learn from other's mistake and improvise yourself. A ship may be prepared at Harbour in such a way that it can face any kind of possible storms.
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Qadir Husainee said:   1 decade ago
Desire of pearls cannot be accomplished unless the minor goes deep inside the ocean.

The taste of food cannot be known unless you actually put it into your mouth.

In the same way success cannot be achieved unless you work hard for it in the best way you can along with sheer dedication, determination, devotion, patience and consistency.

Truly said "A ship docked in harbor cannot face the storms".

Success doesn't falls on one's lap.

Expecting success without countless efforts and facing it's odd's is just a FLIGHT OF FANCY, expecting HORNS OF RABBIT or drawing PICTURES IN THE SKY WITH WATER. For success one has to dig down, dig dig down and ask themselves who they want to be not what but who.

There are two ways to fail - 1. By trying and then failing. 2. By failing to try.

You have to decide which way to go. Which path to lead.

Also this thought tells us about the deep ocean of opportunities. Only the requirement from us is to be brave and courageous enough to face the storms. Opportunities are like uninvited guests. They will knock at everybody's door. But one has to alert, receptive and inquisitive enough to respond to that knock. The one who opens the door makes hay while the one who doesn't, cries. Most of them realize the value of opportunities in their life only when it in the neighboring ship.

All of us are like flowing rivers of talents, potency, potentialities, capabilities, abilities and strength but we are just like the renowned phrase "croaking frogs of the well". We don't know how big the ocean is as we are always staying at the safe dock. But for success you have to come out of the safe house and face the storms.
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Aman gupta said:   9 years ago
Hello, Everyone.

"A ship docked in the harbor cannot face the storms".

The above statement marks a satire towards those people who are unwilling to face their problems or fears. As it is rightly said that "We realize our true potential when we conquer our deepest fear".

Moreover escaping from a fear may provide a relief for a while but the permanent solution can be only provided by crushing your fear by facing it as "Stars can't shine without darkness".
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Sheetal K said:   8 years ago
Yes, I agree.

A ship docked in the harbour may be safe, but if you wanted something safe you would have a fortified defensive structure built and not a ship.

Safety is nice, but pushing yourself outside the comfort zone is sometimes necessary.

Not everything in life comes easy. It takes arduous effort, perseverance, tenacity and unwavering compassion to attain success or reach desired heights.

The prudence to prepare for unexpected and the skill of side-stepping trouble and embarrassment is important to strike balance between safety and risk, also to stay composed and collected without trepidation.
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Moni Rani said:   7 years ago
Definitely, a ship docked at harbour can't face the storm. A ship is not meant to be tied to one place. A ship deserves an experience of travelling across the water then only it's purpose will be fulfilled and it could face the storms without getting submerged easily into the water. As a ship dock to a harbour is useless similarly our life is also useless if we never come out of our comfort zone then d only thing we will do is surrendering ourself easily before the situations. What is the essence of that life which is not full of experiences and risks? Our experiences make us to reach success and get the meaning of life. We, humans, are always afraid of bad experiences and just because of it we never desire to come out of our box.

Our experience and risk-taking capacity prepare us to face any difficult situation of our life. It makes us strong so that we can easily withstand bad situations. Our life comprises of both good and bad weather. A difficult one is like a cloudy weather. If we are already having an experience then we can perform better.
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Kowshik kumar said:   10 years ago
After complicating among thousands of sperm cells we entered to this comparative world. We had struggles a lot in our mother stomach for our birth, in the same manner we should struggle a lot to reach our goals. Sea seems flat from outside, we know its depth only when drown into it. Life is race we are the racers, we should competitive each and every minute, in fraction of seconds we may miss our goal.

To accomplish our targets we are like a sailing ship not as ship docked in the harbor. Waves in the seas are struggles in our life. As ship move forward by crossing each and every wave. We should also reach our goals by crossing all difficulties faced in our life's. I conclude ship docked in harbor is equal to man with full of laziness. Even he is talented his laziness kills him.
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Radhika said:   1 decade ago
As a ship Docked in Harbor cannot face the Storms and eventually gets rusting similarly.

Sitting in one's comfort zone does not prepare one for the bigger challenges of life. To succeed one must keep expanding the comfort zone by discovering ambitions and working upon it. As a ship is not meant to be Docked in Harbor but to smoothen the transport and logistics facilities similarly man is not supposed to stay in the safe realms of home but to step out, fight against odds and work towards making this world a beautiful place to live.
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