Expansion on 'Make hay while the sun shines' :-)
MAKE HAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES~!!!
The work of
a farmer depends almost entirely on the weather which is an uncertain factor;
and he has accordingly, bright sun shine. So the farmer has to be on the alert
to get his hay in, while the weather is favorable, lest it should be ruined by
rain and mist. In an extended sense, the difficulties of farmers are like the
difficulties of all people, no matter what their walks of life (maybe). Like
the weather, life and health are uncertain; opportunities rarely occur and
never repeat themselves. When an opportunity offers itself, man must seize it
and use it to the best advantage. Otherwise he gets ruined like the negligent
farmer whose hay is destroyed by a change in the weather. The man who takes
things easy, postpones till tomorrow what he should do to-day, suffers heavily
like the one who does not strike while the iron is hot. It is therefore
necessary to make use of favorable opportunity. While we have health and the
means, against a day when we may be deprived of one or the other, or both.
“There is a
tide in the affairs of men,
Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune,
Omitted, all the voyage of their life,
Is bound in
shallows and in miseries.”
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