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Well, i read this article yesterday night and its still searching for Virtues in myself.... What about you guys...
Harsh
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GENEROSITY
Mahatma Gandhi went from city to city, village to village collecting funds for the Charkha Sangh. During one of his tours he addressed a meeting in Orissa. After his speech a poor old woman got up. She was bent with age, her hair was grey and her clothes were in tatters. The volunteers tried to stop her, but she fought her way to the place where Gandhiji was sitting. "I must see him," she insisted and going up to Gandhiji touched his feet. Then from the folds of her sari she brought out a copper coin and placed it at his feet. Gandhiji picked up the copper coin and put it away carefully. The Charkha Sangh funds were under the charge of Jamnalal Bajaj. He asked Gandhiji for the coin but Gandhiji refused. "I keep cheques worth thousands of rupees for the Charkha Sangh," Jamnalal Bajaj said laughingly "yet you won't trust me with a copper coin." "This copper coin is worth much more than those thousands," Gandhiji said. "If a man has several lakhs and he gives away a thousand or two, it doesn't mean much. But this coin was perhaps all that the poor woman possessed. She gave me all she had. That was very generous of her. What a great sacrifice she made. That is why I value this copper coin more than a crore of rupees."
this man takes out a big bag of gold coins and places it in the Offetory box.... everyone around praises him for being so generous... then comes the turn of the old lady.. she walks to the mite box and puts in a few bronze coins... everyone laughs at her...
But then the value of those few bronze coins is worth much more than the bag of gold coins cos thats all teh woman had and she shared a little from all that she had :)
In the same way God tells us to share whatevr we have with people around us...When i say this i dont jus talk about money but also our TIME.. our LOVE... our hopes.. dreams... care and understanding :)
how beautiful would this world be if there were only 2 things - Caring and Sharing :)
Caring and Sharing. Yes the would would have been a better place if we had only two things to worry about. Now we have Caring Sharing and Worring..
Thx for sharing... hhehehehe Your thoughts...
Harsh