Volume - 15

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affording to buy him a shirt. But instead, he chose another way to play and enjoy himself...

Attitude

of rf Gratitude

At a building construction site, lots of poor

In life, we don't get all things we desire and we keep complaining... I don't have a bike, I don't have car, I don't have this or that etc...

labourers were working there and their small children used to hold on to one another's shirt and play "train-train".

Life is like that ... we need to make it beautiful and be grateful for what we have …

One child would become the engine and others HAVE AN ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE.

would become bogies. Every day, these children used to take turns to become the engine and the bogies. But, there was one small boy in shorts who used to hold one small green cloth in his hand and become the guard daily. So, once I went to him and asked him. "son, don't u also wish to become an engine or a bogie some time?" He softly replied, "Sir, I don't have a shirt to wear so how will the other children catch me to make the train? I could see the slight wetness in his eyes. But, it gave me a lesson... he could have cried and sat at home and criticized his parents for not | 24 | sahajANAND


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