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invitations, to the most distant of distant relatives. Hey you! Why
not invite the ones whose presence is necessary? They invite all
kinds of miseries, and all kinds of miseries do come. Neither
happiness nor misery has a preference as to where it goes, but
it will come for sure once people invite them. But then people
start protesting, why does misery come our way? It comes
because you invited it just like the most distant relative.
When the women in villages get together, they talk about
their happiness and their sorrows. One woman would begin, “I
am going to give my husband a piece of my mind.” The men
when they get together are also discussing their wives. One will
start, “I am going to slap her one of these days.” Then look what
happens. She tells him off and he slaps her. This is how the
world is. How many things are necessary in this worldly life? All
one needs is two meals a day and water to drink; it is fine if he
does not get water for a bath. Does one have dandruff with
short hair? But people grow their hair long and then have
problems with dandruff. People invite unnecessary miseries.
The worldly life is nothing but a treasury of misery, where
one cannot complain. One can not say a word, say anything to
anyone, and neither can he suffer it. On top of that he has to
swallow its bitterness. These poor bulls have to work hard all
their lives and then end up in slaughterhouses when they get old.
Is there such a thing as retirement for them? Animals have a lot
more suffering than humans do. All one has to do is understand
that his suffering is nothing compared to that of the poor animals.
But here people get upset with even a pimple on their face!
Noble is the one who does not let others know of
his suffering
Is there any nobility in crying and complaining about your
misery to others? Nevertheless, people go around telling others
of their problems. Nobility means despite one’s ability to speak,
he suffers his misery in silence. Noble people are able to contain