Play not for a century or a long inning.

My son,

Play not for a century or a long inning.

Play for each ball

And play each ball.

All centuries and long innings are played

Only by playing each ball.

So, attend only one ball

And have an inbuilt easy feeling of

Having to face every time
Only one ball.

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The same way, my son,

Your life too.

Live not for a long life

And live not a long life.

Rather, live for and in

Each day, each moment.

With an easy inbuilt feeling of

Having to live every time
Only one moment and one day.

You will have ever to live

Each moment and day only.

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Three things are must

To play and live.

Without those three,

You can’t play and live.

Attention (vigilance) to what you do,

Effort or hard work till no end,

And patience or ability to wait till no end.

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But,

As a precondition

To be attentive,

Hard working and patient,

You must have the salt in you.

The salt of love and passion

To mix in what you do and cook.

Without the salt,

The cheapest, but the most important,

The food won’t taste good,

Even if you put in it

The most costly all other things.

Your innings and life too

Will be tasteless

If you are unable to mix it

With the salt of love and passion.

You won’t be able

To attend and enjoy such a life.

Hence, you will be made

To be careless, impatient and lazy

In and towards your life.

Towards anything in life.

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Because, my son,

You can’t chew and enjoy

What you don’t taste good.

You can’t be

Patient, caring and hard working

For what you don’t like

And for what you don’t have passion.