Part 953 : Charity

I don’t believe in Charity for humans. Except to the real invalids, who are very few. Except as a temporary measure, to give the recipient time to adjust or when they are sick and unable to work, or to people who just suffered great trauma, and those who need to strengthen their mind to combat feelings of inferiority.

Because Charity creates laziness, in most people.

Because by Charity, we create parasites of the society. Those who live out of others’ hard work, while not contributing anything themselves. Sometimes we create exploiters, those who create unpleasantness in order to get their benefits. Thieves, blackmailers, those who collect protection money, fall in this category.

Because Charity is un-natural. In nature, a bird gets its food free. But still it has to work hard to find the right prey. An animal gets its food free in the form of grass and plants. But it has to travel long distances, and in the process, it serves its own race, often other life forms. A bee gets free honey in the flowers, but it has to travel long distances, playing similar roles. Helping its own race, and helping other flowers and plants. So effectively, everyone pays the price, within their ability.

Because people do not see value in things they get free, or easily without effort.

Because by giving things free to workers, you are encouraging them not to go to work making them, their work environments, and the society to suffer in the process.

Because idle minds you create by removing the necessity for work, get a lot of free time and energy to create more problems for others and themselves.

In future, I will use my money and abilities to create opportunities for people. And to train them to make use of those opportunities. And a little charity for those who really need it.

Part 949 : How we spend our life minutes

Whichever way we live, days will go and life will pass. We have to decide how we want to spend our moments. Thinking too much about the future and past is really not required. We have to live for this moment, this day.

Of course, we have to ensure, by some steps, the finacial security to lead the life as we want. But too much time taken to achieve this also robs us of the days. It is a compromise. Some portion of our life we should sacrifice for achieving financial security. But not too many days.

The typical way people waste life is to go and catch a problem, and then spend many months and years, attempting to deal with it. This is an unpleasant period full of mental tension and stress. By the time you solve the problem, many years have gone by.

The point is that you forget to live life, being engrossed in the problem.

Steps? Decide a lifestyle. And do things to enable smooth functioning. Do not attempt things which consume too many days of your life. Do things which you enjoy, even if it is work.

Part 946. New affections upsetting old relationships

When we show affection on a person or thing, it should not be at the expense of another person. We should not only ensure that, we should also ensure that we do not appear to do so.

In fact, we should go out of the way to show that the new affection does not, in any way, affect the earlier relationship. Because people imagine that they are no more the no.1 priority, and they have started losing the consideration which was available to them all along.

Sometimes, this is an unintended side effect of a new affection or new relationship.

This also creates hatred for the new object on which the new affection is shown. When this object is a living person, they wonder what they did wrong and why somebody hates them so much, when they have done nothing.

This is one of the main reasons for relationships souring, and people secretly hating other people for no fault of theirs.

Examples : Mother with newly married son. Children with newborn siblings. Friendships. People with new pet, hobby or job.