The Moral Vision
Labour of a Lifetime
~ 172 ~
provides an astonishing testament of her
perseverance. (
Guardian Weekly,
January 29,1984)
Strong belief in something makes one rise above
one’s worldly situation. It makes one concentrate on
one’s end in life. No matter what hindrances and
obstacles lie in one’s path, one soldiers on until one
reaches one’s final destination.
The conviction that spurs a true believer on is faith
in the life to come. He bears all forms of hardships,
suffering and adversity in this world. He realizes
that this ephemeral world is for the trial of man; in
the next eternal world of God he will be rewarded
for his efforts. As Helen Hooven Santmyer laboured
for over half a century in the compilation of her
book bearing all forms of adversity in her
determination to attain her goal in life, so the
believer labours all his life for the attainment of
reward in the hereafter. And, as Helen Hooven
Santmyer’s sustained effort bore her due reward in
this world, so the believer’s sustained effort will
bear him due reward in the next world: he will be
made to enter a paradise of eternal repose and bliss.
