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Four Pillars of Gratitude
and asked the court to call the woman as the witness. The woman was very happy to get the call and gave evidence that he was the genuine owner of the caravan. Thereupon he was acquitted and the woman got the satisfaction of discharging her obligation to him.
One who holds such sense of gratitude, can make much progress in life. But the present situation is far from satisfactory. Forget the sense of gratitude, people tend to be even jealous of such persons. There are also people who can bear the prosperity of unrelated persons, but feel jealous, if some close relative prospers or gets reputation. They forget that prosperity, reputation, etc. are like bubbles of water and are going to disappear in no time. What is going to stay is the memory of virtues; gratitude being one of them.
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