Tuesday, 16 July 2013

To Travel Hopefully Is A Better Thing Than To Arrive



     People work hard and complain that either they have failed or they have not got the reward in proportion to their labor. Many toil with the ultimate intention of sumptuous gain. From the practical point of view, it is true that I must get reward for the pain I undertake. But even ours scriptures tell us that we must put in labor without the expectation of an immediate award
     A farmer sows the seeds in the month of July. Does he get the crop instantly? He has to wait for the germination of seeds and growth of plants for some months. It is same in the case with any work undertaken by us. We must work hopefully. Our optimism is important. This ardent optimism will prevent us from worrying about goal. This tendency of looking at the brighter side of life will stall our thoughts about the goal, end or target of our action.
     Robert Louis Stevenson was a famous English essayist. One of his essays concluded with the topic of this essay:
     “To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive and the true success is to labor”. 
   The maxim gives a valuable piece of advice. It asks us to adopt a healthy attitude towards life. It gives us a new angle for looking at labor and its reward. We must travel with the hope that our journey will be comfortable. We must tell ourselves that we will reach our desired destination safe and secure. This attitude is necessary while undertaking a journey. It is customary with writers to equal journey with life. It is futile to bother about its termination. The best way is to begin with a bang.

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