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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