Procrastination is our enemy no.1. Putting off doing things till another time is the worst of habits a man can suffer from. If at all we want to postpone, let us postpone doing evil things. But we can’t be excused if we put off doing good things till another time. Ravana, the all powerful king of Lanka brought ruin and destruction upon himself because he hastened to incur the enmity of Ram, while he postponed the building of stairs upto heaven, which he had the capacity to do. History and life are witness to the fact that those who acted in time for the execution of good things, were victorious and earned laurels in life, while those who procrastinated and put off doing good things till another time were devoured by time as unfulfilled, unrealized souls, since the moment till when they postponed doing good things never returned. So, the best message for us all is : Do things in time and on time.
A needy man came to king yudhisthra, the eldest of Pandava brothers and begged help “All right, come tomorrow, your need will be fulfilled”, said Yudhisthra.
Bhimsen, the second brother of the Pandavas, got up and he sounded the gong denoting some great victory. “What is this Bhimsen? Why this gong of victory,” Yudhisthra asked surprisingly. “Sir, you have got the better of Kaal, the god of death. Hence, this gong. You are sure to live till tomorrow, you can flout and ignore Death for twenty four hours. Is it not a great victory?” replied Bhimsen in his own style.
Yudhisthra realized the implication of Bhimsen’s statements. Whatever I have to do, I must do it here and now. Why postpone till tomorrow or some future date?
He called back the man and did the needful. The common adage very nicely points to this fact of life; it is an important rule of conduct.
Do to-day, what you postpone doing tomorrow. Do this just now, which you intend to doing today. Deluge may come off any moment. In that case, when next would you do it?
The value of time is often realized after the event or after the person concerned has suffered the consequences of being late. Ask the person the value of a month, who did not go to his work for a month and had a very difficult time for the whole year. Ask the incumbent the value of a day, who joined his service a day after his colleague had given the joining report. He had to be his junior for the whole life. Ask the candidate the value of an hour, who reached late the venue of interview and was rejected for not being serious about his job. Ask the examinee who was late by more than half an hour and was not allowed to enter the examination hall. Ask the traveler the value of time, who missed his train by one minute. The competitor, who wins or loses the gold at the olymipics by a second or a fraction of a second will tell you what every moment counts for success in life. We all know that the great general of all time, Napolean Bonaparte lost the battle of his life, because his regiment had reached the spot a few minutes late.
In the story of the three fish some people take the necessary action as soon as they smell the rat or troubles, some wait till they make sure of imminent danger, while the rest adopt the ostrich way, and allow the trouble to get hold of them. Our young men and women can also be classified under three categories. The greatest sufferers are those who postpone their studies for the last moment.
Those who study for the whole year and do not fritter away even a minute, are the students who fare will at the examinations and earn name and fame for both themselves and their elders and the institutions to which they belong.
Those persons, who know and realize the value of time, know the importance of doing things in time and on time. It is these persons who are able to achieve their bad luck and gods of karma.
Some persons complain of lack of time or opportunity.But the fact is that everyone has time and opportunities do come in everybody’s life. But idle ones do not make use of them and behave like the child who cries over the split milk.
If we do not discharge the responsibilities then and there, they accumulate like the heap of arrears and it is too late when we think of clearing them. Those who do not catch the opportunity by the forelock, miss it forever, for behind it, there is a bald head. And above all, we must remember one thing that we may not live till tomorrow or may not possess the strength or means which we have at our disposal at the moment. The secret of success lies in realizing the importance of every moment and utilizing it. As is rightly said, a busy man has time for everything. If you want a work done, give it to a busy man. The reason is obvious. The busy man makes full use of his time and is in the habit of doing things on time. An idler has no time for doing things. He knows only to squander away his time and make complaints of all sorts under the sun.
As the men of wisdom have said more than once, time and tide wait for nobody, at the same time it is also true that every wave brings with it the energy of the vast ocean, so is the case with time. Every moment is full of the potency of the timeless tome. Pointing to this eternal truth, Lord Sri Krishna had asked Arjuna to do the duty at hand and not indulge in ifs and buts.
God of Time is merciful on those who realize that every moment of time is as valuable as every thread of gold, but they also say that time is a cruel rat that slowly cuts the thread of life. Do save time.
Let these words of Joseph Hall be our guide--- Those who dare lose a day are dangerously prodigal, those who dare misspend It are desperate.
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