No Free Lunches

There are no free lunches in life. All species of the world – from vegetable to animal kingdom – know and respect this truth. Even an ant works for its food on a daily basis without any grumbling. But we humans fail to accept this truth in our lives. We want everything on a platter. And, when that does not happen we complain and blame everyone and everything, except ourselves.

We must pay a price for whatever we want, even for physical surviving. More valuable a thing, higher will be its price. We often label our misery as the price, which we continue to pay without getting any success in return. How can misery or suffering be a price? Misery, indeed, is only a symptom of our non-action. Can we remain in fever without taking any medicine? No, misery is not at all any price. Misery, however, can become an excuse for not doing anything. If we really want to come out of misery, we must take some action and continue taking as many actions as required until we are out of it.

Our parents have paid the price for our well-being through their hard work and sacrifices. We are able to eat delicious food, because someone has toiled in the kitchen for hours. We are today living in comfort, because some people have tirelessly worked in the past to bring these modern gadgets. A nation is free today, because its soldiers have paid price for its freedom through their lives.

So, it boils down to a simple question. Are we ready to pay the price – whatever it may be – for whatever we want?