LIFE WITHOUT WORK

 

          LIFE WITHOUT WORK

Life without work is unthinkable. We are alive because the organs of our body are working. Let then become inactive and we are no more.

Work is the useful consumption of energy, abilities, talents, skills, thoughts and ideas. It fulfills our needs through creation. It is meaningfully productive.

Dictionaries define work as “to do something that involves physical or mental effort, especially as part of a job.  

Some common synonyms of work are: labour, toil, job, task, undertaking, duty, assignment, mission, trade, profession, career, trade, vocation, craft and pursuit.

Animals, too, have to work to survive. Idleness is the enemy of all life, whether human or non-human. God has allotted some duty to everything that exists.  

The American poet Robert Frost (1874-1963) said: “ The Woods are lovely, dark and deep, but I have promises to keep and miles to go before I sleep. “

Mahatma, Gandhi (1869-1948)  pointed out the importance of hard work and its results  by saying: “Work is worship.”

It has been rightly said: “Life without work could be a difficult transition that would cause suffering for many people. While work can provide a sense of purpose and structure, it can also be a source of social interaction and personal growth.“

Try to be employed and spend your time by performing  specific duties. If you are unemployed, don’t sit idle; choose a hobby, develop some new skill, read, reflect, and write or  become a volunteer somewhere.  

Finally, look at the following short but significant quotes:

1.Give me love and work.---William Morris. English poet (1834-1896).

2. A man is a worker. If he is not that he is nothing.----Joseph Conrad, Polish-British novelist (1857-1924).

3. I believe in work, hard work and long hours of work . Men do not break down from overwork, but from worry and dissipation. ---Charles E. Hughes, American statesman (1862-1948).

4. He who would really benefit mankind must reach them through their work. ---Henry Ford, American industrialist (1863-1947).

5. The man who does not work for the love of work but only for money is not likely to make money nor to find much fun in life. ---Charles M. Schwab, American steel magnate (1862-1939).

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G.R.Kanwal

10 December 2024