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The Wisdom of Life
One who follows this law of nature will be successful,
while the one who fails to follow it, will never succeed.
If we analyze what happened, we would realize that
whatever happened was what was going to happen; there
was nothing else that could have happened.

This law of nature does not exclusively apply to trees: it
is a universal law. In every field, we need to realize that
nature shall follow its own course and consequently it
would take its own time to get the desired result. Only
then can we observe patience and calm; otherwise one
cannot attain any worthwhile goal by deviating from
laws of nature and realistic thinking.

12 What can I do to bring value to
this world?

here is a very illustrative lesson from the life of George
TBernard Shaw, the Irish playwright and critic. In earlier
times, Ireland was not a place for quality education. Once
an Irish person expressed his despair to Shaw about the
community lagging behind in education. Upon enquiring,
Shaw learnt that the person was also uneducated. Shaw
told him to first go and secure education for himself so
that at least one person in the community shall no longer
remain illiterate. So, the message is: Identify where the
world lacks value and then fill that gap by first starting
from yourself.

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