Have you ever felt like this? You have big dreams. If you see yourself successful. You want to change your life (dreams without action). But when the time comes to act, you stop. You say, I’ll do it tomorrow. If that sounds like you, ambitious but lazy, then this story is for you because it might change how you look at your own life.
Once in a quiet village surrounded by green hills and tall trees, there lived a young man named Armen. Armen was 25, strong, healthy, full of dreams. He often told his friends, one day I’ll be the richest farmer here. My fields will shine like gold. People will come to me for advice. Everyone admired his big dreams. But there was one problem.
Armen never worked for them. When the sun rose, other farmers went to their fields. Armen stayed in bed. When the men worked under the burning sun, Armen sat in the shade talking about his future.
He had great plans, but no effort. He loved the idea of success, but not the pain that came with it. One evening, Armen’s uncle, an old and wise farmer, came to visit. He looked at Armen’s empty land and asked, my son, where are your crops?
You speak of golden fields, but I see only dry soil. Armen laughed, don’t worry, uncle. I’ll start tomorrow. You’ll see. My land will be the best,” the old man sighed.
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He had heard this tomorrow too many times before. So, he decided to teach Armen a lesson. He took out two small bags from his pocket and said, “These are not normal seeds. They are magic seeds.
The first one is the seed of ambition. If you plant it and care for it every day, it will grow into a tree that gives fruit, shade, and success. The second is the seed of laziness. If you plant it, it will grow fast, but it will fill your field with weeds and destroy everything.
He placed both seeds in Armen’s hands and said, the future of your land and your life depend on which one you choose to grow. Armen smiled. Of course, I’ll plant the ambition seed, he thought. But the next morning, he felt tired. He said, Tomorrow I’ll start tomorrow. Days passed.
Finally, out of boredom, he planted both seeds, thinking, I’ll take care of them later. Weeks went by. Armen forgot all about them. He spent his days sleeping, chatting, and dreaming.
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One day he went to his field and froze. The laziness seed had spread everywhere. Thick weeds covered the soil, and the ambition seed, it was tiny, weak, almost dying.
His uncle came again. He looked at the field and said, Armen, this is your life. Ambition is like a small seed. It needs care, work, and daily effort. Without that, it dies. But laziness, it grows on its own.
And once it spreads, it destroys everything. Armen’s eyes filled with tears. For the first time, he understood. Dream’s mean nothing without action. That night, he couldn’t sleep. He kept thinking about his wasted time, his empty words, and his lost chances.
He whispered to himself, If I don’t change now, laziness will win forever. Before sunrise, Armen woke up. He went to his field and started pulling out the weeds with his bare hands. It was hard. His hands hurt. His back ached, but he didn’t stop.
He watered the ambition seed every day. Slowly it began to grow. Small at first, then stronger, taller, and finally it became a great tree full of fruit and shade. Over the years, Arman’s field turned golden. He became known as the man who defeated laziness.
My friend, Armen’s story is not just about farming. It’s about life. Each of us carries two seeds. One of ambition, one of laziness. Ambition needs daily effort, care, and patience. Laziness grows by itself, but it destroys your dreams.
So, if you have dreams but keep waiting for the right time, stop waiting. Start today. Water your ambition. Pull out the weeds of laziness. Because every tomorrow you waste is a piece of your dream dying.