Faith and hard work (inspirational)

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normal">Sairam

color:fuchsia;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"> to every one

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color:blue;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Most of us spend a

greater part of our lives worrying about things not

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But did just worrying about a situation ever changes anything?

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color:blue;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Did it make a child

come home sooner?

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color:blue;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Or a test score

higher?

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color:blue;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Did it put money in

your pocket?

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color:blue;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Or a ring on someone's

finger?

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color:blue;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Make a car run

smoother?

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color:blue;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Or did it help get a

better job?

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color:blue;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">No! All it did was

waste a lot of time.

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color:blue;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">So what should we do

instead of worrying? There's this little story I read

color:blue;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">which I found quite

revealing:

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color:blue;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">There was an old man

who operated a rowboat for ferrying passengers between

color:blue;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">an island and the

mainland. One day a passenger noticed that he had painted

color:blue;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">on one oar the word

Work, and on the other oar the word Faith. Curiosity

color:blue;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">led him to ask the

meaning of this.

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color:blue;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">The old man replied,

"I will show you." Dropping one oar, he rowed only

color:blue;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">with the oar named

Work. Of course, the boat just went around in circles.

color:blue;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Then he switched oars,

picking up Faith and dropping Works. And the little

color:blue;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">rowboat went around in

circles again-this time in the opposite direction.

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color:blue;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">After this

demonstration, the old man picked up both oars Faith and Work,

color:blue;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">and rowing with both

oars together swiftly coursed over the water.

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color:blue;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">He looked at the

passenger and said, "You see, that is the way it is in

color:blue;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">life as well as in

rowing a boat. You got to keep both oars in the water,

color:blue;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">otherwise, you'll just

go in circles..!"

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color:blue;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">And that's how worry

comes about, when we go round in circles. We worry

color:blue;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">like crazy and then

visit every temple, mosque and church about some

color:blue;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">problem, praying that

God will do something, and going back home, hope for

color:blue;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">a miracle. Worry is

simply when we use one oar in the water.

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color:blue;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">We worry about a

problem and start working from morning to nightfall on it,

color:blue;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">yet can't come up with

a solution. We burn the

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color:blue;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"> oil, we go without

color:blue;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">food or keep unhealthy

timings with our sleep and finally find we are

color:blue;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">nowhere near reaching

the answer and then we start worrying why things are

color:blue;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">not happening.

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color:blue;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Work and Faith go

together my friend.

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color:blue;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">There's no point

praying for a miracle in your exams if you haven't studied

color:blue;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">hard enough. If you

have then pray God will give you the peace and calm

color:blue;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">during the exams to

recollect everything; and He will.

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color:blue;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Or asking for a promotion

or a new job if you are lazy.

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color:blue;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">It won't happen, and

you'll just go round in circles.

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color:blue;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">So stop worrying, put

both your oars into the river of life and start

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unbelievable miracles happening..!

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