IN PARADISE

[jai ma kali]

                           IN PARADISE

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    Once upon a time there lived an old couple in a simple and small hut.Both, the hubby and the wife were simple and compassionate persons.They believed in simple living and high thinking.

   Their hut did not contain a proper carpet, just tits and pieces hither and thither, no nice furniture and nothing luxurious.People of the area would often visit their house and later cachinnate and comment on the poor standard of their living.

       One day, one of their fast friends made a jaunt to their house.During conversations, he whispered," Your husband has a well-paying job. Why don't you get your house titivated ?The woman trilled politely,"We have got another house. We use our money on that house because we consider it a foolhardy to spend the money here."

   Greately astonished, the friend crooned,"Oh! I did not know you have another house. Where is it?"The lady responded," IN PARADISE."

  The friend was bemused and flummoxed.The woman elucidated, "Let us do good actions each day.Slowly your house will be built with bricks of gold and silver in paradise. Instead of squandering your money on inutile comforts and luxuries here, let us utilise our wealth in extending it to help those who are in pathetic conditions and in dire need.By doing this, when we leave for our heavenly abode, we will be comfortably accommodated in paradise."

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        ---------DEVENDRA SRIVASTAVA--------

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