Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest.

Some ground returns far more than you put into it, and finding that ground matters more than working harder on poor soil. The same effort produces a crop in one place and nothing in another, which is a fact about conditions rather than about your diligence. People often grind away at unresponsive things out of loyalty or stubbornness. Noticing where a small push produces a large result is a skill in itself.

Look at where your effort has been paying back generously and where it disappears without trace. Move one unit of energy from the second to the first. Effort is not virtuous by itself; it counts where it lands.