Sai message for the day

[Guest guest]

How nice would it be if we follow your exemplary acts, take your life

as your message, do things at the exact and right time! We see you

distributing gifts immediately as and when you decide. Kindly suggest

ways and means of emulating you.

 

You should never postpone doing good things. There should be perfect

harmony in your thought, word and deed: This is true human value. I

give you a simple example here. When you fire a gun, what happens?

The release of the bullet and the sound of the shot occur at the same

time. Similarly, your decision and action should take place together,

simultaneously.

 

There is a small episode in the Mahabharata. Once a poor old Brahmin

approached Dharmaja with a request to help him, absolutely poverty-

stricken as he was. Dharmaja considered the matter sympathetically

all right, but he asked the Brahmin to see him on the following day.

Bhima who was also there happened to overhear their conversation.

That night he made all the arrangements for decorating the city, Huge

platforms were raised and various gifts made ready to be distributed

among the poor and deserving. The next morning Dharmaja got up as

usual and was surprised to see the hectic activity going on all

around the city. He asked Bhima what it was all about, and the reason

behind it.

 

Bhima said, " Brother! Yesterday I heard you asking the poor old

Brahmin, who came seeking your help, to meet you today. I was so

happy to note that you were so sure of your life. Life is uncertain.

But you were so sure about it. This made me happy and celebrate your

certainty about life in a big way " . Thus, he indirectly conveyed to

his brother that good things should be done immediately.

 

There is another small story. One day Karna was taking an oil bath. A

servant was massaging his body with oil from a gold cup. A poor man

came and begged for Karna's help. Karna immediately gave the gold cup

he was holding in his left hand. The poor man said, " Oh King! Is it

proper on your part to present a gift with your left hand? Why did

you do that? " Then Kama said, " It is true I presented the gold cup

with my left hand. Had I but taken the time to transfer it into my

right hand, I am afraid, my mind might have changed and I might have

reversed my own decision. So, without giving any scope for second

thoughts I gave it to you immediately even though the cup was in my

left hand. " This is exactly what you should do. The moment you think

of doing one good act, do it without any loss of time, never keep it

pending till tomorrow.