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Consciousness of the Hereafter

young man from Delhi had to get to Mumbai to
A appear for an interview for a job abroad. He had
booked a berth in a train. On the day of his departure,
he left his home for the railway station in a rickshaw.
As the vehicle passed through a lane, some boys threw
stones at it. At this, the young man’s friend, who was
accompanying him, lost his temper. He wanted to get
off the rickshaw, catch hold of the boys and teach them
a good lesson for their misbehaviour. But the young
man stopped him.
“Where do we have time for this?” he asked, as the
rickshaw sped ahead.

What the young man wanted to say was, “I have to
reach the station at once and catch my train. Then, after
getting to Mumbai, I have to appear for the interview.
I can’t afford to be late, and so where do I have time to
get stuck with these boys? I’d rather exercise patience in
the face of their misbehaviour so that I do not miss my
interview.”
People have this sort of seriousness and sincerity
about their worldly affairs. But believers in God

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