How Great Men Were Made

There was once a wise old man who live on top of a mountain. (I don't know somehow or rather why old wise men always seem to stay on top of mountians) . Whenever the villagers had a problem, they would climb up the mountain and ask the old man for advice.
One day, a young man (successful by the standard of the day) decided to climb up and ask the old man a question.
Wise man, wise man, "he asked" what makes a man truly great?.
The old man looked at him and said, do you sincerely want to know? Yes, yes the young man said.
There was once a Greek man " the old man started a story", who suffered from a deadly disease. Knowing that he was going to die, he was first to join the Army when his country was in a battle with their enemy. Hoping to die in battle, he would fight and fight and fight exposing himself in the front line without any worry for his life.
Finally when the battle was won, he was still alive!. His General, so impressed with his bravery which contributed immensely to the victory, thought of promoting and awarding him with medals of bravery and honour. On the day of the presentation he was looking very down and sad.
Curious, the General asked for the reason why and was told he had this deadly disease. How could He allow such a Brave Soldier to die! So the General hired the best physician he could find and finally cured the soldier of his disease. But from that day onwards, the once valiant soldier was no longer seen at war front! He would always avoid danger and tried his best to protect his life instead of risking it.
Young man, if you want to be truly great you must not be scared of dying, be ready to take risk and go extra mile. You must not be a KIASU, you must dare to fail.

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