. ‘Service to man is service to God’
Charles Eliot Norton, an educator and humanitarian, said, “They serve God
well who serve His creatures.” Benjamin Franklin, a great scientist said, “Serving God
is doing good to man.”
The noblest creation of God is man. Yet, there are millions who suffer lives
of utter misery and degradation. If we wish to worship God, the best way would be to
devote our lives to the service of the poor and the destitute. Everyone recognizes the
value of this kind of noble work and acknowledges its greatness. Politicians,
statesmen and military generals are often forgotten with the passing of time. But noble
souls like Gandhiji and Mother Teresa have earned universal reverence and live
forever in the hearts of people, only because they worked selflessly for the good of
others. Whenever Mother Teresa was asked. "Why do you do this work for lepers and
the poor? She would take the five fingers of the right hand of the person, and touching
each finger would say five words: “I-do-it-for-Him!”
We find that even many rich people do not lift a finger to help an orphan, a
widow or a poor deserving student. Don't they realize that God dwells in everyone?
Whatever they have earned has been from society, so it naturally follows that they
should give back to society what they have got from it. And the best way to do that
would be by sewing their fellowmen.
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8. ‘Rumours are spread by fools and accepted by greater
fools’
Rumours have no truth in them. They are generally the result of misunderstanding
or miscommunication. Foolish people pick up some words from here and there and
build a story around them. They spread the story which is not based on facts. They
spread the rumours thoughtlessly without thinking of consequences.
People who listen to rumours are greater fools. They accept what the foolish
people say without thinking. They do not even use their common sense to decide
whether a story could be true. They never stop to verify or find evidence. They never
make enquiries to cross-check the facts. On the contrary, they help to spread the
rumours further and sometimes add something on their own!
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