We live in a practical world where majority time we think if we invest in a fixed deposit or mutual funds or stocks, how much will we get in return. We compare the financial instruments based on the returns that they offer in the form of interest percentage or some other form of returns. Then we pick up the best financial instrument and start investing slowly and eventually build an empire that makes a lakhpati or crorepati.
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However, when it comes to real life, we think of accumulating things as much as we can and possessing them. But little do we realize that the more we possess things, the more we are possessed by things. Our negative zone feelings of ego, pride, and hatred arise only when are merely possessing things but not having any genuine relations, honest friends, and a person with whom we can share our feelings of love and affection.
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In the last lockdown, I heard a story of an old man who was asked to leave his home by his son and daughter-in-law as he was getting old and they were not interested to take care of him. His son smartly and cunningly got all his 2 homes in his name and made the uncle homeless. Saddened by the story, I decided to feed him one meal a day with whatever I had. I took a dabba that I used to give him in a cover so that he could eat at least one good meal through me.
There is no pride in doing good work but the satisfaction that one gets when one decides to give away their used clothes and items to the needy and poor is very important karma that gets maximum and purest returns of life. Karam kar phal ki iccha mat kar, if you meet any needy person in your life, do not shy away from giving him food or your used clothes or little money as that is the purest form of kindness you can give as a human being.
