115. Generosity – Meanness
The richest man in a place sent his wife home, retaining his two children with him and pampered the children to the best of his ability. At school, the boys would be asked where their mother was. That question alienated that boy forever from the unfortunate victim. Each time the boy went to the next class, the very first question the teacher asked would be about the mother. There was one boy in the same class who never asked that odious question. He was from another cultured district.
To ask another to do what we cannot do ourselves is meanness, says the Divine Mother. There are plenty of instances of both types in life. As a rule, great men are unpopular in their own hometowns. That continues to be so even after they attain national fame or international fame. Some families are thus unfortunate, grudging to recognise the value of a family member. Particularly in marriage, it is rarely present. The capacity to recognise the spouse's endowments and further, to acknowledge it handsomely ensure a happy marriage.
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