Do Not Put Off till Tomorrow What You Can Do Today, Complete English Essay, Paragraph, Speech for Class 9, 10, 11, 12, Graduation and Competitive Examination.

Do Not 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 its very purpose or delaying or weakening the results that it 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 wartime was careless. He knew that a nail had fallen off from his horse’s hoof. His immediate task should have been to stop his journey midway and got 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. But the rider was still not bothered. He galloped on. Soon, the horse fell down; it had become lame. It refused to get up and gallop further. The message could not be 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 to disastrous results. postpone our assigned tasks. The delay or postponement may lead

This applies specially to students. They should not postpone their day’s studies to the next day, or 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 preparation 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 task, come out with flying colours in any test or examination. This can be expanded further to apply to activity and work in all walks of life-be it an office-goer or his boss, an administrator or his subordinate, or the highest or the lowliest in the land. They should keep in mind the golden maxim, “Do not 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 red-tapism 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.”

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