The value of a piece of work is in its endurance. You maydo something which makes an impact for days or weeks, but which comes to an end, and it is as if it never happened...

Or you may do something which has an effect on your life, whichends with the ending of your life....

But this is not an activity ofany real depth or strength...

A strong action is one that lasts even after your life...

It continues into eternity where God will remember it for you...

And it continues on earth where the people remember you for it...

Let us give some examples of such work which endures:

Strong love is something which endures...

As for that which is shaken by events or ends with any difference of view, that is not real love.

Strong spiritual training is also something that lasts, but if you are strict with yourself just for a few days or weeks and then revert to how you were, that is not strength, and brings you no benefit...

Likewise, repentance which is only temporary is not real repentance, and a temporary improvement is not a permanent one. It is important that repentance and improvement should both be lasting.

Fixed principles are similarly enduring, but as for those that are practised and then hidden away, their roots are not firmly established in the soul.

It is easy for a person to do good just for a limited period! But if a person is really good, then his doing good is apermanent feature.

To begin a piece of work is easy, what is important is that we carry it through to completion.