Akram Youth The Power of Half | November 2015 | Akram Youth | Page 9

Sandeep Bachhe
Auto Driver

Drives an auto rickshaw in a metro city. He has a family to
support. But whenever he gets some extra income he has
found his own innovative way to contribute something for a
social cause. He visits an old age home in nearby area and
buys articles of daily use such as tooth brush, tooth paste,
soaps, hair oils, biscuits and chocolates for them. Sandeep
tries his best to help the needy by arranging free medicines
and books for the under privileged persons. He offers
discounted fare to the visually challenged. It is heartening to
note that the lessons on social services and nobility are
found from someone who is struggling for survival himself
in these tough times.

Coming from a middleclass background, Jyotiben always
wanted her life to be counted. So she found something
different. Though she was earning by running tuition
classes, she spends week-ends with children in a
orphanage. She plays games, buys fruits & cakes for them,
teaches them religious prayers and spends quality time
with them by imparting them general knowledge. She
spends 50% of her income for the benefit & welfare of
children in the orphanage house.

Jyotiben Patel
House-wife

Religion (dharma) is not the mere
sitting in front of an idol of God; religion is to
attain the goal of life. Whatever one does to
attain concentration (ekagrata) is a
different matter. If you focus your attention
on achieving your goal, then you will
succeed. If you make a decision that you
want to maintain an obliging nature, the
change will occur within you. Decide that
you do not want any ‘wildness’ in your
nature, even when the other person is
behaving ‘wildly’ towards you. Is this not
possible? Would changes not occur from
the time you make that decision?
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