We live in a world where people are always looking for quick ways to get Rich. Sometime ago there was a funny scam that saw thousands lose their hard earned money to a con man. Just like all cons, this man too, posted an advert on the daily newspaper, which apparently seems to the best and probably the most lucrative way to procure lists of men and women readily willing to be cheated or conned.
So there was this advert, which proclaimed that you would be able to double your income in minutes. For learning this method, you ought to walk in for a demonstration that would be held on this date and at this hotel banquet hall.
Thousands responded to this advert, and the place was filled to its capacity so much so that hundreds were sent back with excuse that they were late and they ought to wait for the next meeting.
So the time came, the air was jubilant, excited minds with aspirations that this demonstration would change their poverty stricken lives were all the more eager as the minutes ticked by.
Then came the Con star, with hands raised up, “Ladies and Gentlemen, today is probably the best day in your lives, for today, I will be giving you the best trick that will change, 100 to 200, 1000 to 2000, and 10,000 to 20,000.
By saying all this, he dropped a 100 dollar bill into a pot that contained water, and then poured into that pot some men, this some thick liquid and then stirred the pot for 10 minutes, with music at the backdrop keeping the audience intoxicated with passions of hope and expectations. Then suddenly the con man pulled the bill out, Wow! Did you see that, the 100 dollar bill has multiplied into two hundred dollar bills.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I now hold in my hands the key to alleviate your sufferings, your poverty, and all of your Lacks. This portion of magic formula that I hold in my hands can multiply dollar bills in 10 minutes. All you now need is a pot and some water. Come one, come all, buy this portion and transform your life. The cost is just 100 dollars.
Pathetically, thousands bought that so called magical portion. All with this aspiration that they would be able to change their lives in minutes. From mediocre live styles to flamboyancy, from rags to riches, all by a portion.
The story is much similar to the ones we always hear. Time and again, the human race have been cheated, conned and humiliated by cons all with this pretext that they hold the key for transforming their lives. But what the millions of aspiring souls don’t understand is this, that the key to a major change to their lives has already been given to them ages ago, and they had been simply roaming places without even using it. The key is their own self. Change can only come if the individual takes up the volition to change. The best and the only way to change would be to study, to learn, to upgrade. We are no theologians but according to the good book, “Study to get approved”. The approved has different meanings, and one such meaning would be the acceptance and acknowledgement that an individual receives at places of honor and repute.
Surely when this happens, drastically the livelihood of the individual changes. Dedicated study has changed people’s lives in every field that one might think off. Of course, this change wouldn’t occur overnight, but for sure, it will happen.
A popular story of the Chinese bamboo would serve well to illustrate the point. It is said that when baby shoots of Chinese bamboo is planted on to the soil, within days it buys itself deeper into the ground. And for the next five years all that the farmer does is merely waters the spot religiously with dedication.
For five years ladies and gentlemen there is no sign of life. What would you do ? Most of us would just give up and go, but with the Chinese farmers. They toil night and day all with the hope that the shoots will rise up.
Then on this day, five years down the road, the first signs of life appears. Tiny leaves stick out, then for the next couple months, their growth is so exponential that eyes would believe and minds wouldn’t comprehend. After 5 years of waiting, the crop yields a harvest of plenty that would bring smiles to farmers for ages.
Education is liken to the bamboo shoots, of course you ought to tend your field, water them and keep guard at it, night and day. Then as surely as the sun rises, your crop will rise to give you yield that would last your life time and probably your generations too if they would capitalize on it.
So study now, and enjoy your life later.