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only in name. You had believed that none of these were of any use. You probably had more faith in friends than family members. But on the occasion of your illness, you saw that everyone in the family were on their toes to nurse you and make you feel comfortable. The visible benefit of brothers staying together is evident during an illness. Enabling you to get the love and co-operation of all the family members, providing you with an opportunity to understand their love and concern and explaining you the benefits of living in a jointfamily is illness which is a blessing.
How grief-stricken you become when you see a person afflicted with cancer? Don't you tremble at the sight of a patient undertaking dialysis treatment? Don't you experience a shiver in every goose pimple when you hear about herpis or psoriasis? When you see the pain of a burns victim or see his disfigured face, you don't feel like eating food, isn't it? How frightened you are when you see someone with 40 stitches on his head? After seeing such a person don't you feel scared to perform any violent act or any action that may cause pain to others?
We become cautious while eating outside food due to an instance of suffering from food-poisoning in the past. We realize the importance of exercising restraint when eating, having suffered from loose motions in the past due to overeating. When we see someone suffer from fracture while falling down the stairs, we change our style of walking. We add caution to our simple acts of getting up and sitting down when we see someone suffering with a big cut on the head caused
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