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October 21, 2004
Help others when they need, not when they don’t need!
I had already started to hate the world and the people around me during my last few days at my previous office. I disliked the way people turned thankless with time, and how they started back biting without remembering the past. Anybody’s life is all about events unfolding in a cycle - what comes down goes up and what goes up surely comes down someday – it is just a matter of time. Don’t ever think that people can always remain on the top – it has NEVER EVER happened in the history of mankind. Hitler, Alexander, Nepolean – and all those who thought were invincible had to eat dirt with time, and this holds good to every individual.
It doesn’t hurt you much, when people point their finger when you had planned their downfall, but it honestly feels disappointing when others turn their back even when you tried to help them. There is one argument, which makes sense at this point– why bother about what others think about you. Stick to what you think is right and leave rest to God –a thought frame easy to be told but difficult to implement.
I had a childhood friend, who was very close to me and also damn good at studies. His father was a drunkard who never bothered about the family and unfortunately his mom died in a fire accident. He was left alone, and he didn’t know what to do with his life. We moved to our native, and I came back after few years just to know that he was a gangster now. He had joined Mumbai’s then famous gang-war group called Manchekar’s group. My neighbour advised me that I should not meet him and talk to him. I cared a hair for his advice. I met my friend, and asked him why did he do that? He said a man could be alive for just 15 days without food, and you never know what you will do when you are hungry. I am being thankful to the person who fed me for months together without asking me a single question. He made immense sense to me.
Karna from Mahabharata is an amazing example to explain to what extent a person can remain thankful to the person who helped him in his bad times. Karna was insulted in a fully packed auditorium for not having his roots from renowned ancestors. Duryodhan, was the only person to help him out by calling him from his team and giving him an equal status. Karna stood on Duryodhan’s side, even when he knew that he was fighting against his own brothers. He made sure that Duryodhan never came to know about this fact, and he remained loyal till he died.
Giving someone a gift when he himself can afford one isn’t a good karma we are doing. Help someone who really is in need, and the gifting exercise will altogether have a different meaning.
Buy street children some Cadbury chocolate, donate Rs 10 to a temple pujari, and help some elderly people in crossing the roads or climbing the lift – they will remain thankful to you forever!
Posted by Kenni at October 21, 2004 06:03 AM