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feel why we should feel arrogant for at last we have to merge into this soil only. So if you are prosperous, don't feel arrogant, think that it is the result of our fortune that God made you prosperous and if you are poor, don't curse your luck for it, there would have been some certain reasons for your poverty.
I would suggest you to adopt and accept politeness. Begin your meetings with respected way with anyone in such a way that politeness and simplicity might become your evergreen impression. Have the blessings of your parents by paying respects to them and touching their feet early in the morning just when you get up. One who gets the blessings of his parents, meets success whole the day. Respect and regard each-other at home, May it be a matter of husband or wife. They should greet and show respect to each-other everytime. You would have come to know the news that Mr. Lahoti, having been taken an oath as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, paid his respects by lying down straight before his mother who was there in the oath taking ceremony. It increased the dignity of mother certainly but no doubt it increased ten times glory of Mr. Lahoti. You too like him, if, without caring the crowd, pay respects to your parents who has just got down from the train, really you are a son of well mannered parents.
At present, I see that people ashame of greeting and respecting to their elders. But I make you aware that so much you greet and respect your parents, as you will be able to avoid knee pains in your old age. If you do not bend, you will suffer from back pain and fattiness. But one, who has greeted and respected the elders early in the morning, has got the secret of healthy life for greeting and respecting is also a kind of an exercise. Remember that three people in our life are liable for getting full respects by prostrating himself before them. They are parents, preceptors
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