Everyone in Russia knows the proverb: "Whoever gets up early, God gives it to him." However, today this winged expression is often ostracized. After all, life is changing, and the very view of Russian proverbs and sayings is changing. What in ancient times was an indisputable truth is no longer the rule of conduct.
If you have time to do more, you will receive more income.
In the old days, when there was still no electricity, the proverb “Whoever gets up early, God gives to him” was relevant. Although, of course, no higher forces will add wealth to anyone, no matter how early a person has risen. The meaning of this expression is not in the time of rise, but in hard work, the number of completed tasks during daylight hours. You can get up and dark, but sit on a bench idly by and do nothing - will this help to become richer?
Another reason for the appearance of this saying can be considered that a person getting up by noon will do little work before dark, therefore, in the evening he will have to light a lamp or a candle. And for the poor person this is an extra expense. Naturally, in those families where kerosene and candles were spent every day, there was less money.
Although hard work in advance and in the dark did little to help the poor people get rich, as history proves. They got up before dawn, then, in order to have time to do at least something on their site, until the time came for mining the corvee to the owner. But those to whom wealth was dumped by fate even at birth could lie in bed at least all day, spend time in entertainment, but all the same, only rich and fat.
Rural workdays
Many Russian sayings were invented by ordinary people. They are based on the practical experience of a peasant, because Russia in the past was an agrarian country, agriculture was the main production. Therefore, the phrase: "He who rises early, God gives to him" just reveals the main meaning of rural life. Actually, for those who now live in villages and keep their own households, these words are now the main rule in working life.
After all, cattle need to be driven out to the meadows early so that before sunrise it can eat well. Oversleep, you will be late for pasturing the herd to the pasture - the belly will remain hungry, which means that it will not gain weight, cows and goats will give less milk. Those who kept these animals know how difficult it is to increase their milk production.
And if there is no common herd in the village, then the saying goes anyway: “Whoever gets up early, God gives that”, the value is important. After all, at sunrise the vile, gadflies, horseflies wake up , which sting the cattle painfully, do not let it graze, drive them into the bushes or into the reservoir.
Mowing grass in haymaking is also possible only in the early morning, along the dew. And she dries with the sunrise, and the scythe just wrinkles the grass. Therefore, lovers can sit in bed for a long time in the winter without cattle feed.
Yes, and agricultural labor depends on daylight hours. After all, in the gardens, lanterns have not yet been provided for under which you can plant, weed, thin out seedlings, and water the beds. If you do not have time to complete maximum tasks in a day, you will be left without a good plentiful harvest in the fall. But the one who in time does all the agricultural work will definitely have a good income when the time comes.
Modern life of citizens
Many Russian sayings for residents of megacities today look at least silly. For example, it is unnatural to demand an early rise from a person who needs to start work on an evening or night shift that day. Well, what result can be expected from a sleepy surgeon or a machinist already tired after household chores? And the employees of restaurants, night clubs, guides, drivers before work should have a good rest. In addition to the fact that otherwise their work will be ineffective, lack of sleep can adversely affect health.
By the way, the option of paying electricity for the daily and night tariffs also contradicts the old proverb. After all, washing with a modern automatic machine at night will save a lot. Yes, and working on a computer, watching TV, cooking on an electric stove at night, and not during the day - this is also a saving. So it turns out that it is more profitable to do household chores after 23 hours and until 7 in the morning.
Twisted winged expressions
The wit of the people is often directed at conservative people who are trying to subordinate everything to once established rules. Therefore, Russian proverbs and sayings are changed, turning into funny expressions that change their meaning.
“Who gets up early, gets up all day”, “Before you get up, before you lie down”, “Whoever got up earlier, cook breakfast,” are a few sarcastic phrases based on old dogmas.
The mode of human activity is an individual feature
And the proven division of people into “owls” and “larks” contributes greatly to ridicule of this proverb. After all, a person who has the highest activity in the afternoon is tormented both physically and mentally if he has to get up early and get to work. And the result of the activities of such people often depends on when the work was done. This is especially true for people in creative professions who most often prefer to create their masterpieces in the evening or even late at night. Perhaps it is not worth it to take the old Russian sayings so seriously and try to live on them?
The Importance of Proverbs and Sayings Today
Of course, arguing is pointless; people are always wise. And he came up with good sayings, significant and serious proverbs. However, modern man should be able to understand them not verbatim, but try to grasp the deep meaning of folk wisdom.
- Not in what time you will start work, the meaning of the expression “who rises early, God gives to him” lies. Everything is much more complicated. And the main thing is how many important and necessary things you can do in a day.
- God will not give any favors, no matter how early a person gets out of bed, if he is lazy and stupid. Everyone certainly must create their wealth with their labor and intellect.
- The concept of "get up early" should not be understood with respect to specific hours, but in accordance with when a person began to relax. You should not rest more than what the body needs, you do not need to spend extra hours wallowing around.
Finally ...
And the most important rule that each individual must strictly adhere to is not to take someone’s opinion for the truth, not to consider even people’s sayings as an axiom. Because for each of them you can always choose another one that will have exactly the opposite meaning.