Khalifatul-Masih IV — Page 65
65 BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLES OF HIS PERSONALITY to do. I used to carry my crops on my own bicycle all the way home. I would work for eighteen hours a day on my field. The work I did in London was shifting heavy packs of newspapers from night till morning, that is eight hours con- tinuously. Whenever we would think the work had finished, another truckload would arrive. Then, after that, a third would arrive. This was such a physically exhausting task that when I returned home, I would get a fever from the fatigue. However, after some rest, I would return to work again. I carried out this work continuously for a month in England during the summer. So do not think that I do not know the value of strenuous work. Even now, with the grace of God, I carry out every kind of hard work for you. Physical hard work is also involved in this. I have mulaqaats with you—you do not realise how much effort is needed for this. I carry out strenuous effort to the extent that God has given me the strength to. The real blessing is hard work. Produce the dignity of hard work within your- selves. Work so hard that the world begins to learn the method of hard work from us. 23