NO PAIN NO GAIN

One of the things that can never be underrated in this world is hard work. For those that think smart work is better and thus try to find the easy way out, it’s just you deceiving your brain to not think it’s hard work which by the way is pretty harder than what you think is hard work. But then, the greater the work the greater and more lasting the reward will be. Just imagine how hard it was for someone to come up with the design and creation of Artificial intelligence and how difficult it is for someone to push a truck with their body. The latter looks the hardest, but the real work is in the former. This is why I do not look at people who sit down everyday on their PC drinking hennessy as lazy because I am technically part of them (except for the hennessy part though). There are times my colleagues think I am doing nothing and call me to assist them with their physical work with the excuse that all I do is sit down and press my laptop. One day I decided to call all of them together, showed them a website I was working on and asked them to help me, but according to them, looking at it is brain-tasking in itself.

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This just shows there is a difference between working from a place of rest, and refusing to work because you choose to be lazy. Laziness is something I do not condone in any area.One way to know a lazy person is the fact that they try to avoid anything that would make them think. If they would have it their way, they prefer to eat, sleep, and have fun, but are not ready to think. A man that is not ready to think is lazy even if he lifts trucks everyday. Because if he should take time to think, he would find a better way to lift the truck without exacting much energy. And then again, even if you choose to be lazy, make sure you already have money or you are a next of kin to someone who does, else you would have to think of a way to eat as an adult, and when everyone around you stops giving you handouts, you will be forced to think of a creative way to start making money for yourself.

And even if you have money, there is no guarantee that you can avoid stress, except you decide to stay away from people which, by the way, is very depressing. Stress is a natural phenomenal In life, you must be stressed out by one thing or the other. Imagining trying to take a walk on a cool day and just when you are far away from home it starts raining cat and dog and probably you are on light clothing and in a very quiet environment, now also imagine there are news of insecurities in your society and you heard the rain is usually a good time for all sort of things to happen on the streets and now you are contemplating between waiting for the rain to stop or running back home in the rain because there are no vehicles on the road. At this point, it;s nature that is stressing you out. And even if nature decides to be on your good side, better make sure you are not leaving in Nigeria at least, and if you are, make sure you have the government in your pocket. In essence, life itself will stress you the hell out, and you will constantly find yourself thinking of ways to come out.

THIS IS MY RESPONSE TO HIVE LEARNER'S PROMPT FOR WEEK 189 EPISODE 2