Hard work and dedication they say is rewarded with success,
But no one says how much of an effort you should put in.
True, patience might be a virtue but patient people are often
taken for fools.
Where then do we draw the line? At what point do you give up or give in?
Yes persistence eventually pays, but what if it isn’t yielding result?
Does one continue to persist?
Insanity has been defined as continuing to do the same thing and expecting
a different result - but isn't this also the exact definition of persistence?
A man with a dream continues to pursue his dream.
He puts plans in place, does all the seemingly right things and takes the acclaimed correct routine - Yet fails, repeatedly!
Maybe there are not failures, maybe he is just learning the ways that do not lead to success
So he should try again right?
He should keep trying
He should not let go of this dream
As they say "you never really fail until you stop trying"
He is now 40, now 50, now 60 still trying, still keeps dreaming.
When would he realize that its just a fool's dream?
When should he wake up?
When should he let go of this un-realizable dream?
At what point is he labeled a failure?
A lady loves a man with all her heart and all her being
Yet he does not even acknowledge her
She would do anything for him, even give up her dreams, just to please him
Yet receive nothing from him
He does not reciprocate, does not appreciate, rather continues to push her away.
Love is patient and endures much they say
But how much patience? Exactly how long should she endure this?
At what point is she allowed to get fed up?
At what point does she leave him - leave her heart-desire and her supposed soul-mate?
When does she get to enough is enough?
When does she realize that this is a lost cause?
A guy likes a lady
She is being a lady and does not want to appear cheap
She is being hard to get
He likes her, so he persists.
Days turn into weeks and weeks into months
Its been a year now, going on two.
He keeps asking her out and keeps getting turned down.
She knows he likes her, yet keeps turning him down.
Maybe she just likes being chased
Maybe she would eventually give in
But for how long would he continue to hope
It is said that if you love someone enough you would wait for them
But its been years now, still hasn’t happened
Persistence obviously isn't working
When does he give up and move on?
When does he throw in the towel and concentrate on this other
lady that had been waiting for him all these while?
A person is nice, so nice to a fault.
She gives selflessly, never holds back.
Always ready to help, always available to serve, always volunteers.
Gives everything or almost everything she has to help people, to better the lives of others.
Yet she is taken for granted and always cheated.
They give the greatest share of the job to her because she is known not to complain.
She is left to tidy up, left to re-arrange it all, left to do all the work
Its is usually said that niceness is simply ignorance meeting foolishness
Is she still nice or has she now become a fool for being nice?
When and where does she draw the line?
When should she change? Should she just stop being herself?
A man is diligent at his work
He spends everyday at work.
Work first, life second is his motto
Gets to work earliest and leaves last
He eventually gets to do all the work in a team assignment
The boss always assigns him to tasks because he has a reputation for getting the job done.
He is known to all as "the performer", "the go to guy", "Mr Get It Done Always"
They say diligence is always rewarded eventually
Yet he has never been recommended for promotion.
Never been rewarded
Never a single incentive
Gets paid like everyone else and nothing else.
Year on year
Should he just quit, after giving his entire life to his job?
He has always been dedicated to his job but now...
Now he is 65 and being retired by the same company because he is considered too old
Will he surely still be rewarded?
When will that time come? After all his colleagues have become MDs?
Where has dedication and hard work gotten him ?
He worked hard, worked smart and worked for all.
Yet he never really amounted to anything more than a worker.
So much for persistence,
So much for working hard,
So much for dedication,
So much for patience.
All have their place but we only live once
You are not guaranteed a tomorrow
So why not take chances, live more, love more, take risks
Give people as many chances to redeem themselves
If it does not work, try another - really what have you got to lose - really!
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