Two friends Nakul and Sohan lived in a village. Nakula was very religious and believed in God a lot. Whereas Sohan was very hardworking. Once, both of them together bought one acre of land. They wanted to build their houses by profit from crops.
Sohan used to work very hard in the field but Nakul did not do any work but went to the temple and prayed to God for a good harvest. That's how time passed. After some time the crop of the field was ripe and ready.
Both of them sold the surplus in the market and made a good profit. After coming home, Sohan told Nakul that I will get more share of this money because I have worked hard in the field.
Hearing this, Nakul said no, I should get more share of the money because I prayed to God only then we got a good harvest. Nothing is possible without God. When both of them could not resolve this matter among themselves, both of them reached the head of the village for the distribution of money.
After listening to both of them, the chief gave each of them a sack of rice in which the pebbles were mixed. The chief said that by tomorrow morning, both of you have to separate rice and pebbles from it, then I will decide who should get more share of this money.
Both of them went to their house with the sack of rice. Sohan stayed awake all night separating the rice and the pebbles. But Nakul went to the temple with the sack of rice and prayed to God to separate the pebbles from the rice.
The next morning, Sohan took as much rice and pebbles as he could separate and went to the chief. The chief was pleased to see this. Nakul took the same sack of the Rice and went to the chief.
The chief said to Nakul that show how much rice you have cleaned. Nakul said that I have full faith in God that all the rice would have been cleaned. When the sack was opened, the rice and pebbles were the same.
The landlord told Nakul that even God helps when you work hard. The landlord gave most of the money to Sohan. After this Nakul also started working hard in the field like Sohan and this time his crop was better than before.
Summary...
From this story, we get a lesson that we should never rely on God. We must work hard to get success.
I agree with you, Success cam only be gotten through hard work and consistency.