# No Free Lunch

*A king called his advisers and asked them to write down the wisdom of the ages so that he could pass it on to future generations. After a lot of work, the advisers came up with several volumes of wisdom and presented them to the king. The king called his advisers and said that its was too long and that people would not read it. The king told his advisers they would have to condense it.* 

*The advisers went back to work and came back with one volume. The king said it was still too long so they came back again with one chapter. Again, it was too long. Even one page was too long, said the king. Finally, the adviser brought back one sentence that satisfied the king - he said that if there was one piece of wisdom that he wanted to pass on to future generations, it would be:  'There is no free lunch'.*

#### "There is no free lunch" means that you don't get something for nothing. If you don't put much into a project, you wont get much out of it. Of course every society has its share of free loaders who are looking for something for nothing.
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# The easier way may actually be the tougher way

*Once there was a lark singing in the forest. A farmer came by with a box full of worms. The lark stopped him and asked: "what do you have in the box and where are you going?". The farmer replied that he had worms and that he was going to trade them for some feathers. The lark said, "I have many feathers. I will pluck one and give it to you and that will save me looking for worms." The farmer gave the worms to the lark and the lark plucked a feather and gave it in return.*

*The next day the same thing happened and the day after and on and on and until one day came that the lark had no more feathers. Now it could no longer fly to go hunting for worms. It started looking ugly and stopped singing and very soon it died.*
   
#### The moral of this story is quite clear - what the lark thought was an easy way to get food turned out to be the tougher way after all. Isn't the same thing true in our lives? Many times we look for the easier way, which really ends up being the tougher way.

# Losers look for quick fixes

*There are two ways of getting rid of weeds in your yard: the easy way and the not so easy way. The easy way may be run a lawnmower - the yard looks fine for a while, but it is only a temporary solution - soon the weeds are back. The not so easy way means getting down on your hands and knees and pulling out the weeds by the roots. It is time-consuming and painful, but the weeds will stay away for a longer time.*

#### The first solution appeared easy, but did not fix the problem at the source. The key is to get to the root of the problem. The same is true of our attitude in life. 

#### Some people spread their attitudes of bitterness and resentment and these attitudes keep cropping up in different parts of their lives. The problem with people today is that they want instant answers. They are looking for one minute solutions to everything. Like instant coffee they want instant happiness, but there are no quick fixes. This attitude leads to disappointment.
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*Guest post by @bosun, check out his blog for for more content like this and his intresting daily diary series.*