Positive Aids to Peace of Mind - 11

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11. Make Others Happy

 

Are you utterly selfish or do you think of others at least sometimes?

A selfish man can have no peace. On the other hand, if you are

selfless, if you serve others without motive, you will feel great

peace... at once. Motiveless service yields pure joy. Make others

happy. You will begin to delight in their happiness. This is

something which is open to everyone to experience. Serve others in a

small way or a big way as is given to you but without thought of

reward or recognition. Service for the sake of service. Service at

every turn. Whenever opportunity offers itself.

 

Almost twenty years ago, late in the evening, in a big city, out on

my evening walk, I was stopped by a girl in a quiet comer, in an

imploding tone: " Bhai Saheb, Dar Lagtha Hai. " In a moment, I sensed

the situation. In that lonely place, she was being pursued by a

Tongawala. In her fright, the girl had lost all sense of direction

and was searching for her house. I reassured her, and in a little

while we discovered that the house she wanted to reach was well

within a furlong of where we stood. I escorted her to her place and

went my way. A trifling good turn that cost me nothing, but the

fullness and joy that I felt that day lingers fresh in my memory even

now. There are many ways in which one can help others at little or no

cost. Only a pure heart is required.