“Be the change you want to see in the world” – Mahatma Gandhi
Change is not going to come if we wait for some other person.One man is enough to start the revolution
The Starfish Story
An elderly man was walking along the beach, admiring the beautiful view. As he walked, he noticed that a large group of starfishes had been washed ashore by the receding tide, and they were struggling to get back to the water. The man was saddened by this turn of events, but accepted that there was nothing he could do to change anything.The man walked on, continuing to notice the large numbers of helpless starfishes, until he saw another man in the distance standing at the water’s edge amongst the starfishes. Curious, the elderly man walked over to him, wandering what he was up to.
As he got closer, the elderly man could see that the younger man was picking up starfishes, one by one, and throwing them back out into the sea. Astonished, the elderly man got close enough for the other man to hear him, and then he called out.
“Hey! What on earth are you doing?”
The younger man turned to him and smiled, then turned back to the sea, still continuing his duty of picking up and throwing starfishes.
“I’m helping these starfishes get back into the ocean.”
The elderly man couldn’t believe it, why was this man wasting his time throwing starfishes back? There were thousands of them here, it would take him days! He voiced his thoughts.
“Why are you throwing them back? There’s thousands of them here, it’ll take you forever! How can you possibly hope to make a difference to these starfishes?”
Remaining calm, the younger man continued his duty without looking at the elderly man. Just as he threw another starfish back into the ocean, he replied.
“I made a difference to that one.”
A little help done by us can give life to someone
Most of people want to help others ,but they donot know how they can do this noble work.They want to spread peace ,love, comfort ,hope and joy. But how?
Would you please suggest ?
Dear Sushe you asked me about chanting in japa mala. The answer is :-
ReplyDeleteInitially there is no need to take any mantra. According to our parampara, we chant Hare Krishna Maha mantra that is "Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare". We do it in japa mala (chanting beads), ordinary japa mala consisting of 108 beads. I myself took diksha mantra after five years of chanting. You can chant 4 rounds, 8 rounds and go on increasing. If you need more help don't hesitate to ask. My email add is parthasarathi108@gmail.com.By the way your articles are nice. Jay Radhe. Partha
sir,
Deletethanks for appreciating my blog and for answering my blog.
Here is one more quiery that We visited Mathura Vrindavan last week.I didn't put any money in the box because I think that HE is the GIVER and we are takers.We always beg before HIM.I don't like throwing money before him.What can we give as we ourself spread hands before him?
but I am in doubt,whether I am right or not.Please help