Not Wanting The Labour Pains

Just wanting the baby and not the labour pains is the route down the road often travelled.  The destination that this road leads to is mediocrity.

The Bible mentions “Go to the ant – consider its ways and be wise”.  The ant is one of nature’s most productive creatures.  Have you seen how motivated and organized ants are?  Look at the ant working and you will see the heights of single-mindedness of purpose.

We see Pandit Shivkumar Sharma and other music maestros perform and notice public admiration that they get.  What we don’t see is the painstaking efforts that they have put in during their training to achieve mastery.  Pandit Ravishankar would train in Maihar in Madhya Pradesh, India where it is 47 degrees centigrade during the summer.

Why do we want the finished product right away?  There is nothing in nature that seems to want things this way! The trees don’t bear fruit unless it has grown and matured enough to do so.

Work ethic – the fact that work in itself is good – is what schools and colleges must build into its students.  Parents need to mould their children and instil a set of values about the moral benefit of work and how the attitude leads to development and refinement of character.


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