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Generation Gap
do?’ I told him, ‘you have to understand and know how to live
life. Don’t make money your only pursuit in life. Take care of your
health otherwise you will have a heart attack. Be attentive to your
health, your money, to a moral upbringing of your daughters; you
have to clean all the corners of your home. If you keep cleaning
only one corner in the house, what about all the dirt and dust that
collects in other corners? You have to clean all the corners.’ How
can you live life this way? So maintain good interaction with your
children. Instill good moral values in them. If you have to suffer in
the process it is fine, but give them good moral values. (P.17)
Questioner : We make every effort to improve them, but
even then if they do not improve, should we as parents leave it to
fate or destiny?
Dadashri : You make these efforts in your own way, but
do you have a certificate to prove that your efforts are correct?
Questioner : Our efforts are based on our understanding
and intellect.
Dadashri : I will give you an example of what your intellect
is like: What kind of justice prevails when a person himself is the
judge, the lawyer and the defendant? Your intellect will always be
on your side, even if you are wrong.
Do not abandon them to fate, ever. Take care of them and
keep an eye on them. If you abandon them, there will be no hope
for them. Children bring with them their personalities at birth, but
you have to help and nurture them so that they flourish.
Questioner : Yes we do all that but ultimately, should we
just leave them to their fate?
Dadashri : No, you cannot leave them like that and if it
comes to that then bring them to me and I will bless them and help