Kahlil Gibran says the following about work, “And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take the alms of those who work with joy.” The root cause of most of the problems in the world is the dislike that many have for their work.
Many consider their work a curse or a misfortune. Life becomes meaningful when there is an urge to do something. Knowledge helps to fulfill this urge. Without work knowledge is in vain. All work becomes meaningless when there is no love.
Kahlil Gibran says that to work with love is to build a house with such affection as if your own beloved was about to inhabit that house. It is to sow the seeds with such tenderness as if your own beloved was about to taste the fruit of your labour. Work is love made visible.
When you are a teacher who just works for salary your students will be mediocre but when you teach with passion they will become alive with the zeal of your fire and achieve greatness. When you are a politician who is intent on making money rather than service you betray the millions who have placed their trust and voted for you. When you are a contractor who uses low-quality material and workmanship you can neither respect your work nor yourself.
The recent IPL scam proves that there is a category of people who are completely mercenary and who are ready to betray the public who trusts them implicitly. These people who have made the game of cricket a farce are not stricken by poverty but are rather stricken by the poverty of ethics.
These are people who live a life of affluence and opulence at the cost of the common man who looks up to them. These people do not love or value or cherish their work but their work itself is an excuse for making money. It is the common man who sweats for money who is fooled by this category of people. Youngsters get carried away by all the fanfare and publicity which has become an integral part of cricket these days.
They get consumed by a craze for their favourite game without being aware that there may be foul play and matches may already be arranged for profit.
This breed of fraudulent men who play spoilsport literally should be condemned by the public. They should be punished and their ill-gotten gains confiscated by the government and spent for a public cause.
Youngsters should be wary of these happenings and make sure that they do not become prey to such unscrupulous men who do not love their work or cricket but only love to usurp money from the public who place their trust in them.
