10. A small touch-up job
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A man went to a doctor for treatment of severe back pain. A number of tests were conducted on him. Finally the doctor diagnosed his problem and told him, 'The pain can be cured by an operation. It will be a major operation, so you will need to be in hospital for a month and then take six months bed-rest.' The man replied, 'Doctor, that'll be too expensive for me!' The doctor replied, 'Oh! In that case, I can touch up the X-ray for ten dollars!'
If we look at our life, we also keep the pain alive without going to the source of the pain and healing it, completing it. We think that we can somehow manage our life just by doing some touch-ups. But how long will you do touch-ups? Unless you complete, all your entertainment in life is nothing but touching up the X-ray.