Only Pain No Gain
Life has a way of mocking us at times. It is
said that there are rules for which there are exceptions. Similarly, there are adages
and there are instances to prove otherwise.
Here I am going to bring out the opposite of ‘no pain no gain.’
The first instance that comes to mind is when
people report an accident or help a victim and in return are harassed by the
police.
In a lighter vein let us consider the case of
Joe Bastianich, the Italian judge
of the popular TV show Masterchef US. While judging the juniors in Season 03,
episode 03, after tasting Jenna’s alligator curry he asked her if she knew how
to do yoga. When she struck a pose, he told her that he would show her how it
is done. What followed was a laughter riot for everyone else but Joe. He fell
hard, almost landing in a sitting position, pushing the furniture to one side.
The other two judges, Gordon Ramsay and Graham Elliot, were in fits of laughter
and so were all the participants. But what did Joe get for his pain? Not the
appreciation he had hoped for. (The producers of the programme may have decided
to keep it for the humour content or was it intended all along? Hard to tell.)
So it is clear that there can be
instances when in spite of pain there is no gain.
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