Living in Hope

Ease Always Comes After Hardship this bold attempt ended disastrously. His leap from the second-floor window resulted in his instant death (The Times of India, January 21, 1980). This might appear to be just an isolated incident involving a foolhardy youth, but one finds people, generally considered to be intelligent, committing the same mistake in their lives. When an individual tries to accomplish instantly what should be worked for over a long period—like the youth who sought to reach the ground level by jumping instead of walking down the stair–he is condemning himself to destruction. When the leaders of a nation do likewise, they are spelling doom for all those who follow their lead.