YOU
HAVE A DREAM?
CROSS THE STREAM!
One thing is thinking you can do something; another is wish
you got it done. One thing is saying you can; it is entirely different believing
you can. One may dream a thousand and one dream, what about being ready to pay
its price. So free is the brain space that it can accommodate enough
imaginations; anyone can dream as much as he chooses to. In contrast, it is not
and should not be all about that, there is more to dreams than imagining them
and putting them down into writing; you
must be ready to pay the price!
As those mere thoughts, gradually transform into something
tangible. You have to give more to it, while others give little or less. Being
exceptional is a plus! Every successful person you see today put to use, what
others thought was useless. They
utilized efficiently, the opportunity others snubbed and scorned; they worked
hard!
Work precedes harvest truly. Hard work precedes even a bountiful harvest. Do not work averagely as
most people do. That does not mean you should work yourself to a coma either. If you desire excellence, you devote more
than average. To get hold of that which you love, you have to lose some
sweat. Losing sweat is an index of hard work. Do not forget too, that the 'lost sweat'
gets rid of wastes, and cools the body system afterwards.
Getting started is like laying a foundation; after that, you
decide what is built on it. Would you
love to cut down few tree branches and build a wooden hut or you would rather
dig for diamonds and construct an edifice? Do not be cajoled. Hard work
matters! David Bly, an American politician says, “Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where
you haven't planted”. Moreover, who does that?
Since mere drafting out plans would not do, what about
dedicating enough time to transforming it into something concrete? What about crossing the stream of average
performance and land at the shore of excellence. It might be tedious. Just keep
your eye on the end-result: excellence, superiority, uniqueness… The truth is;
you gain more when you give more. You
thrive more when you dedicate more and work harder. What else would any one show for
industriousness? Be assured, if you do not loathe what you do and ready to take up what most people would
ignore due to the taxing side of it, there you are, already trailing the cleaved
path of success.
Genius are never scared
of anything tedious and that is what makes them stand out. That is who you had
better be!
After saying your prayers to commence the beckoning working
week, these words of John Mason, I think, should come in handy too and trigger
you to work harder than you used to do: “We
weren't given apple juice, we were given apple.”
Do not be that man Allah refers to when He says, “Man will not get anything unless he works
hard” [Surah An-Najm (53):39].
Get hold of your dream, cross the stream, let
off some steam and get set to beam!
A fabulous working week,
do you not envisage? Savor it to the peak!
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