NEVER PUT OFF TILL TOMORROW
WHAT YOU CAN DO TODAY
"procrastination" said William Shakespeare ,"is the thief of time ". In our scriptures also ,we are exhorted to do what we are supposed to do immediately without wasting anytime.Postponing an action is like defeating its very purpose or delaying or weakening the result that it is supposed to yield.Remember the old saying,"for want of a nail,an empire was lost". It is said that a rider carrying a message during war time was careless. He knew that a nail had fallen off from his horse's hoof. His immediate task should have been to stop his journey midway and get the nail fixed up properly. But ,instead, he preferred to continue his journey because he thought that a missing nail from the horse's hoof would not make much difference to the speed of the horse... But soon the horse fell down;it had became lame. It refused to getup .. and the message was not delivered in time to the General.A whole empire was lost because the rider would not take immediate action... The delay or postponement may lead to disastrous result...
If all of us keep this in mind ,there would be no delays or holdups,no bureaucratic red tapism and no hassles in our own or our fellow beings lives. Unfortunately most of the people agree with oscar wilde ."do not put of till tomorrow what you can do the day after".
By
LIYANA SEQUIRA
3038
WHAT YOU CAN DO TODAY
"procrastination" said William Shakespeare ,"is the thief of time ". In our scriptures also ,we are exhorted to do what we are supposed to do immediately without wasting anytime.Postponing an action is like defeating its very purpose or delaying or weakening the result that it is supposed to yield.Remember the old saying,"for want of a nail,an empire was lost". It is said that a rider carrying a message during war time was careless. He knew that a nail had fallen off from his horse's hoof. His immediate task should have been to stop his journey midway and get the nail fixed up properly. But ,instead, he preferred to continue his journey because he thought that a missing nail from the horse's hoof would not make much difference to the speed of the horse... But soon the horse fell down;it had became lame. It refused to getup .. and the message was not delivered in time to the General.A whole empire was lost because the rider would not take immediate action... The delay or postponement may lead to disastrous result...
If all of us keep this in mind ,there would be no delays or holdups,no bureaucratic red tapism and no hassles in our own or our fellow beings lives. Unfortunately most of the people agree with oscar wilde ."do not put of till tomorrow what you can do the day after".
By
LIYANA SEQUIRA
3038
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