Book Title: Myself to My Soul Part 01
Author(s): Namramuni
Publisher: Parasdham Mumbai

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________________ Life Invaluable Or Ordinary? that can be treasured, but we take only the trivial....! Is there any difference in something being worthwhile and worthless? What is the difference between precious and trivial? You may think that you have achieved a lot, but what have you achieved? Is it worthwhile? Let me illustrate this to you. The Prime Minister of India, has powers for the entire administration of India in his hands for five years. Imagine, whilst in power, he asks for a teddy bear which he possessed in his childhood...and starts to play with it...! How would this look..he has the Prime Minister's chair for 5 years only and during this precious time, he is playing with a teddy bear! How would all of you look if you had your childhood toys with you and you were playing with it - and imagine day 1 passes by... day 2 also would pass in a similar fashion playing with the toy•••does this seem fine? Our Prime Minister has tremendous powers with which he can achieve so much for the well-being of the country and instead, he wastes his time playing with a teddy...! Similarly, we have got this precious life but are unable to channelize it in the right direction and make effective use of it. Unfortunately, we will 32

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