Beggars all around.
Beggars asking for alms.
Beggars with no money,
Ask for one rupee.
Beggars with a million,
Ask for a billion.
Beggars with no companion,
Ask for a wife.
Beggars with a wife,
Ask for a child.
Everyone is a beggar.
How can you be insulted by them,
How can they cause rage,
They don't have it!
Neither do you!
The one who asks loses.
The one who doesn't,
seems to have it!
Life is slipping away and the wealth within is screaming,
Are you there?
Hustling and hustlers, these are the two words that are buzzing everywhere. Everyone is in a rush to reach somewhere, to prove something to themselves or to others.
There are a bunch of self-help books and people who keep on
talking about the act of hustling on a regular basis. Will this word go out of
vogue like many others? After all, words also have a certain life span! Only
time will tell…
Certain jobs do require you to work at a certain pace and that is totally acceptable. But you can’t expect an author to hustle or even an artist to hustle or someone who does things not from the perspective of setting up businesses but to simply express to hustle.
Human life is capable of much more than hustle, we are not
meant to be cheetahs of Africa or peregrine falcon or any other species that
you can think of.
To each his own but when the scale tips a little too much on
the other side then we must bring back the balance! If you are a hustler and if
you feel that it works for you then please keep hustling (mindfully) and if you
don’t belong to that category then I am sure you enjoyed reading this article
(hustlers wouldn’t have time for such things 😉).
Ending it with this lovely quote:
I have never been a fast walker, or a conqueror of mountain
peaks, but I can plod along for miles. And that’s what I’ve been doing all my life
– plodding along, singing my song, telling my tales in my own unhurried way. I
have lived a life at my own gentle pace, and if as a result I have failed to
get to the top of the mountain (or of anything else), it doesn’t matter, the
long walk has brought its own sweet rewards; buttercups and butterflies along
the way. – Ruskin Bond
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| Walking at my own pace :) |
