Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Power and Trusteeship

'It is wise to be content with what we have'

The above line is prohibitive to growth itself. 

Aspire. Go after. Achieve. Without comparisons. Without remorse. Not because you are so attached with material comforts and can't live without luxuries in life but for the sake of the action itself.

There is no nobler work than expanding one's influence, one's wealth and one's circle of friends.

The westeners acquire power to wield as a weapon. But eastern philosophy expounds using the power for upliftment of the downtrodden.

The rich and powerful in the society are mere trustees - M.K. Gandhi

Loss of every single life where the primary cause is poverty and inaccessibility to basic standards of living, is a personal affront/insult to the rich and wealthy in the society.

But mere contribution to charity cannot be considered adequate philanthrophy. Philanthrophy is devising a plan to create wealth for the society so that in your epoch, the living conditions in and around you are better for all concerned than in any other points of time in the past.

Credit for your wealth goes to you only when you use it for others. Claim credit for paying forward and not for aquiring. 

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