LABOUR OF A LIFETIME

sickness and in health, in itself provides an astonishing testament of her perseverance. Strong belief in something makes one rise above one’s worldly situation. It makes one concentrate on one’s goals in life. No matter what hindrances and obstacles lie on the path, one soldiers on until one reaches the final destination. The conviction that spurs a true believer on, is faith in the life to come. He bears all forms of hardships, suffering and adversity in this world. He realizes that this ephemeral world is for the trial of man; in the next eternal world of God he will be rewarded for his efforts. As Helen Hoover laboured for over half a century in the compilation of her book bearing all forms of adversity in her determination to attain her goal in life, so the believer labours all his life for the attainment of reward in the Hereafter. And, as her sustained efforts bore her due reward in this world, so the believer’s sustained effort will bear him due reward in the next world: he will be made to enter a Paradise of eternal repose and bliss. o Superior Moral Status One has attained a superior moral status when one becomes indifferent to praise or blame and when his opinion of others does not depend upon whether they agree or disagree with him. The believer labours all his life for the attainment of reward in the Hereafter.