If someone is trying to skip the struggle - which is the

Hear now the words of Arijit Singh, the singer whose voice has carried the longings of millions, who spoke with quiet strength: “If someone is trying to skip the struggle – which is the creative job – our machines today, the technology that we have, can help the person, but it is only momentary. On the other hand, if you are creative, you have the skill, and you are hardworking, technology can only make you superior.” This is no idle counsel, but a truth as old as craft itself: the path of creation demands struggle, and no tool, however wondrous, can replace the fire of discipline and the spirit of patience.

For Singh reminds us that the essence of art, of invention, of any true labor, lies in the struggle. It is in the long hours of shaping, failing, and reshaping again that the soul is refined and the craft is born. To flee this struggle by leaning too heavily on machines is to grasp at shadows, to hold in one’s hand a fleeting advantage that soon fades. Technology may grant a temporary cloak of skill, but without the bedrock of creativity, skill, and hard work, it crumbles like sand before the waves.

Consider, O listener, the story of the sculptor Michelangelo, who gazed upon a block of marble discarded by others. Where others saw only stone, he saw the figure of David sleeping within. With hammer and chisel, through years of backbreaking labor, he freed the statue from its prison. No tool of ease could have replaced his vision, nor the sweat upon his brow. Had he sought to skip the struggle, there would be no David to inspire us today. The tools obeyed his hand, but it was his spirit that commanded them.

Singh also points to the truth that when a person has creativity and skill, when they are already rooted in hard work, then technology becomes not a crutch but a crown. It does not replace their ability; it multiplies it. Just as the printing press exalted the writer, just as the camera magnified the painter’s eye, so too can machines amplify the gifts of the diligent creator. To the prepared, technology is a sword; to the unprepared, it is but an ornament with no edge.

This is a warning and a blessing. A warning, because we live in an age intoxicated by shortcuts. A blessing, because never before have creators had such tools to extend their reach. But remember: the tools have no soul. They cannot dream, they cannot suffer, they cannot endure. It is only the human spirit, tested by struggle, that can wield them to greatness.

What, then, must we take as our lesson? That we must not flee the struggle of creation, but embrace it. When the road is hard, when patience is demanded, when failure mocks us, we must understand: this is the furnace that shapes our art, our craft, our destiny. Resist the temptation of quick victories, for they fade. Instead, build the lasting strength of skill and perseverance, and let technology serve you, not master you.

Therefore, O seeker, let your path be marked by three virtues: creativity, skill, and hard work. Use technology, but do not worship it. Accept its help, but do not lean upon it. For if you have no roots, it will carry you only for a moment; but if you are grounded in the discipline of true labor, it will lift you to heights beyond imagining. And remember always: greatness is not in skipping the struggle, but in triumphing through it.