Self Help is Best

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Self service is best to the man.

Your self do your work, why the feel shame doing in you work. Independent work is great to him.

One sunny morning, a train stopped at a railway station. A well dressed man got down from the train. He had some luggage with him. He looked for a porter who could carry it. As it was a small station, he could not find any porter around.

The luggage was light and handy. But the man thought it is below his dignity to carry it. So he waited for porter. As he was waiting on the platform, a simple looking man came to him. The passenger took him to be a porter. He asked him to carry his luggage to Sri Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar’s residence. The man lifted the luggage and carried it to Sri Vidyasagar’s house.

The gentleman then asked the man to go inside thee house and see if Sri Vidyasagar was there. The man said that he was Iswar Chandra himself. The newcomer thus came to know that his helper was none other man Sri Vidyasagar himself. He was ashamed of himself. But he learnt a lesson in self-help.

Sri Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar was a very learned man. He was a Sanskrit school. He was also a great social reformer. This incident shows that Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar believed in the dignity of labor.

Mahatma Gandhi, the father of our nation, cleaned his plates and washed his clothes. He spun yarn to make his Dhoti. He even swept floor and cleaned the toilets. Gandhi also believed in dignity of labor.

You should also try to do most of your daily routine work by yourself. Keep you books, toys and other things in proper order. Put covers on your books. Wash your clothes. Polish you shoes. Buy your books, pens, pencils and other useful things from the market. Help your parents in keeping you home clean.

Self-help is the best help.