Don't be the Dog in the Manger?

Plough deep while sluggards sleep! 

It is quite comical to see sycophants struggling to have their voices heard over the mainstream. Perhaps because they have been so enthralled basking in the glory of the flashing lights that they feel naked without being in the limelight. 

When the going was right, they were so full of hot air that their feet were off the ground. Now, reality has struck them, and they had to sing for their supper.

It must be fun to see these goons rising early to the dew of the morning sun to hunt for the worms. Or maybe not, they may still have their henchmen running around to have their outsourced work done. 

You do your thing, and I do mine?

Perhaps that was the wisdom Amma was telling us to be. Aim just high enough, be satisfied with what you have but strive higher nevertheless, the higher the rise the painful the fall, live within your mean, waste not; want not and save for tomorrow as no one knows what tomorrow may bring seems to be lessons that stuck with me. 

Now the so-called management gurus sing a different tune. They say 'no pain no gain.' Shoot for the moon, even if you miss, you will land among the stars. Every failure is a lesson learnt. If you are not willing to fail, it means that you are not ready to succeed. Inventors, iconic figure who turned the path of our civilisation never had their tracks paved with gold. It is the product of a labour of love, insanity, the fire, and the obsession to prove their point. Even prophets swam against the current of thought of the day to revolutionise humankind.

So, do not pity the downtrodden? There may be a pot of gold at the end of their journies. Hopefully, it is not fool's gold. 

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