Never Put Off Till Tomorrow What You Can Do Today

"Procrastination" said William Shakespeare ,"is the thief of time ."
In our scriptures also,we are exhorted to do what we are supposed to do immediately without wasting any time. Postponing an action is like defeating it's very purpose or delaying or weakening the results that is supposed to yield. Remember the old saying, "For want of a nail ,an empire was lost "It is said that a rider carrying a message during the wartime was careless.He knew that a nail had fallen off from his journey midway and get the nail fixed up properly. But,instead, he preferred to continue his journey because in his opinion ,a missing nail from the horse's hoof would not make much difference to the speed of the horse .The horse galloped on for some time before it stopped on account of pain. Another nail had fallen off.Soon,the horse fell down, it had become lame .It refused to get up and gallop further. The message was not delivered in time to the general to whom it had been urgently addressed, requisitioning reinforcements on the war front. As a result the forces lost.
A whole empire was lost because the rider would not take immediate action in getting the nail on the horse's hoof fixed before starting off.We should therefore never postpone our assigned tasks. The delay or postponement may lead to disastrous results.

This applies especially to students. They should not postpone their days studies to the next day or to some other time. This way the work would accumulate to such an extent that the very thought of doing it would frighten them with the result that at the time of the examinations, they would not be adequately prepared. This is the bane of students today. They keep postponing their preparations for the examinations till the last moment. Consequently, their performance leaves much to be desired. Those who work regularly and do not postpone their assigned tasks, come out with flying colors.

This can be expanded further to activity and work in all walks of life-be it in an office goer or his boss.They should keep in mind the golden maxim,"Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. "If all of us keep this in mind, there would be no delays or holdups, no bureaucratic redtapism and no hassles in our own or our fellow beings lives" Unfortunately most of the people agree with Oscar Wilde,"Do not put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after."