Life Without Conflict 47
The power to change anyone is nonexistent in this day and age , and therefore , you should not expect any changes to occur . You can improve others only if there is unity between your mind , body and speech . People will improve only if whatever is in the mind is expressed precisely through the speech and conduct . Today , this is not so . Bring normality , act according to what the situation calls for when you deal with everyone at home .
What Is There To Become So Captivated About ?
Many grandfathers are thrilled when their grandchildren call them , ‘ Grandpa ’. If they do not call them ‘ grandpa ’, are they going to call them ‘ uncle ’? They may call them ‘ Grandpa ,’ but they understand from within , that ‘ Grandpa ’ is going to die some time soon . Grandpas are mangos that have gone bad and need to be discarded , and yet the grandfather finds it thrilling to be a grandpa . Alas ! This is what the world is like . When a child speaks in a baby talk , “ Daddy , come daddy , Mommy is calling you for tea ,” the father becomes titillated from within , just like a happy bull ! He feels he is the only father in the world . Who does he thinks he is ? Let go of this madness ! Even dogs , cats and the donkeys are fathers ; tell me who is not a father ! All conflicts in the world are because of this only .
A man is truly worthy of being glorified if after discovering the reality of life , he decides he does not want to become a father , otherwise many men become daddies , do they not ? If the boss reprimands him at work , when he comes home and his child calls out to him , ‘ Daddy , daddy ,’ he forgets everything . This is similar to the effect of wine ; it intoxicates people and makes them forget everything .
If a couple , who had been childless for a long time , suddenly had a son , the father would be overjoyed . However , if the son were to then die , he would cry just as much as he had