Is it sinful to be ambitious?

The strong desire to achieve

Could have positive or negative results

When young, the advice from parents

Is to study hard

So that one will have lesser

Problems in earning a living

As a human, we have to eat

And walk on land as to

A fish swimming in the water or

A bird flying in the air

A reality we cannot escape in life

Ambition is very real

We cannot live in water

Or fly like a bird soaring the sky unaided

What are the end products of ambitions?

A more comfortable life

So that every single drop of sweat

Is worth more than a cent

For this, thank God you have blessings

Unknown or unseen to you

Let the sound of the bell from the temple

Wake you up to appreciate

The success in your life

Make it to contribute positive results

Make it a success of everybody

And not only yourself

Share your success and pity those

Who sweat so much to earn just a few dollars

There are a few places in the city and also my small hometown

Where certain people have to sweat so hard in order to earn a few dollars

I can see them chasing after the lorry carrying goods with their bicycles or motor bikes

Hoping to earn a few dollars by carrying the heavy rice bags, cements or any goods  

And sad to say these people who work so hard

With that little money, they hope to strike by gambling with numbers

Half of their hard earned money goes to the lottery owners

Worse, they have to queue up to pay the lottery owner, who are behind

Laughing very happily to the bank with hundreds of millions of profit

From the blood and sweat of these poor people, how dreadful

Every single drop of sweat is not even worth a single cent

So each time we sweat during the propagation of Tao

Be it a reminder to say how lucky we are

Every single drop of sweat has great meaning

It is the sweat to enrich our wisdom.