Guest guest Posted August 23, 2004 Report Share Posted August 23, 2004 Here is what Sarada Maa has to say "One should not trifle with a thing, though it may be very insignificant. If you respect a thing, the thing also respects you. Even a broomstick should be treated with respect. One should perform even an insignificant work with respect." Jai Sarada Maa ! >, "Latha Nanda" <lathananda> >wrote: > From Martin Luther King Jr., Source Unknown > > ============================================== > "If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets > even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or > Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all > the host of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great > streetsweeper who did his job well." > > ==================================================== > > The quote from MLK Jr reminded me of a story about Maa from the book > Shree Maa - Life of a Saint available at > http://www.shreemaa.org/bookstore.htm > > When She was a child, Maa had finished sweeping a room and thrown > the broom aside casually. Her grandmother told Her that She had to > respect the broom because it helped her to clean . Maa says She > learned the valuable lesson of respecting the implements that we are > given , and kept the broom aside with reverence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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