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Your Chance of a Greater Good
It
was an early morning. Mr. Khanna was
getting ready for his office when His
wife asked him to put just a few clothes
out for a laundry today. He asked his
wife, “Why?” She told him, “Because our
maid is planning to visit her Grand Daughter today, she will have to leave
early to catch the bus and she will not be coming for two days”. Mr. Khanna asked her, “Where is she going for
two days?” She told him, “Tomorrow is
the Birthday of her Grand Daughter, so she is going to spend time with her and
celebrate.” Mr. Khanna told her, “Ok,
no problem”.
But
then his wife asked him, “Oh one more thing!
Should I give her Rs. 500 as a bonus?”
Mr. Khanna said, “Why now? We
will give her during the Christmas”. His
Wife said, “Well, She is hardly able to manage her expenses and she is visiting
her Grand Daughter, so not sure how she will be able to manage as these days
inflation is high. I feel she can use a
little bonus”.
Mr.
Khanna said, “Oh dear, I feel you are getting too sensitive and worrying too
much”. His wife said, “Don’t Worry, I
will cancel our plan to go out and have a pizza, that way we can give her extra
Rs. 500 as a bonus”. Mr. Khanna said
with a smile, “You are ready to take the pizza out of my mouth… Well, do as you feel if you willing to let
go of 6 sliced pizza, it’s fine”.
So,
after a couple of days, when the maid had returned, she was cleaning the
floor. Mr. Khanna was sitting on his
chair. He asked her, “Did you enjoy a
good time with your Grand Daughter?” The
Maid replied, “Yes Sir, I enjoyed a lot, I spent whole Rs. 500 in 2 days!” Mr. Khanna said, “Oh really! How did you spend Rs. 500 so quickly?”
The
Maid replied with a happy smile, “For Rs. 150, I bought a Dress for my Grand
Daughter, bought sweets for Rs. 50, Paid Rs. 100 for Bus Tickets, bought
bangles for Rs. 50 for my daughter, for my son in law I bought a belt for Rs.
50 and last Rs. 100, I gave to my Grand Daughter to purchase pencil and papers
for her school”.
Mr.
Khanna was surprised. He started
thinking about the 6 slices of pizza.
Each slice started hitting in his mind.
He started comparing the cost of the pizza with his maid’s expense. He was lost in thoughts that how she bought
something for everyone in her family and spent a quality time with them for her
Grand Daughter’s birthday. And all
these just for the cost of the pizza. He
realized something that day.
العبرة
Moral: We have a right to do what makes us happy and
spend our hard earned money as we like for our happiness. No one has right to envy at how you spend
money earned by your hard work. But, if
you feel you had wasted your hard earned money for something to gain nothing
even if it was occasionally, you have a chance to do something of a greater
good for someone by following above story.
You may not be obligated to do so, but your little goodwill can light up
someone’s life in many ways.
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