Why is it that so many people want to live luxurious lives exen when a majority of the population stuggle to make ends meet? Is it not unfortunate that so many people strive to make more money to live luxuriously rather than to do more charity??
I've come across households where there are 4 or 5 automobiles (all 4 wheelers mind you) with only 2 or 3 members who can legally drive. Its ridiculous. No amount of justification is going to validate acts like that.
There is a fine line between comfort and luxury. Yes, every earning member wants to give his/her family a comfortable life but is that what they're striving for or is it luxury? More often than not it seems that it is the latter.
I'm not saying that everybody should renounce all worldly possessinons and lead saintly lives. I just want to say that we should spare a thought (or rather an action) for the less fortunate.
It may seem difficult to distinguish between comfort and luxury at first but a simple way to do it is to analyze if it is a need or a want.
How often do we do more than uttering a "Oh.. So sad" or "How unfortunate" when we come across the poverty ridden masses??
Certainly charity begins at home but let it not stay within the four walls of it. There is nothing to gain out of living luxuriously. Even the 'happiness' derived from it is not true joy.
Accumulating wealth and material possessions is pointless. A smile on the face of a person in need who's been helped is much more precious. After all, memories are what we cherish throughout our lives. We are remembered for what we do rather than what our bank balance is.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
1 comment:
Well said. I completely agree. Besides, there is a wise saying in Sanskrit that goes "He who is wealthy and is not concerned about his less fortunate fellows is nothing short of a theif." This becomes evidently clear when we realise how our wealth is made. In a scenario where resources are limited, it is by denying another human being some wealth that you make your own. The same opportunity that gives you your wages is taken away from another human being by you. In that sense, it is our duty not to indulge in anything that exceeds our needs.
Post a Comment