Two men were working in the mountain. One man dug a hole, then the other man filled up the hole with dirt. Moving from place to place, they repeated digging holes and filling them up. A man watching their work asked them, puzzled.
“I’ve seen you working for a while, but I don’t understand at all. What on earth are you doing?”
Then one of the two answered,
“We plant trees. Usually, three men work together; one man digs a hole, another man puts a tree in it, and the other man fills up the hole. But the man who puts a tree in holes didn’t come today. So just two of us are working now.”
Hearing that, the man couldn’t help but burst out laughing.
Working hard without a purpose would be like this. Let us examine what we are working for and whether we are missing something important.