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THE WORST THING
Ted Srinathadas Czukor
November 8, 2004

          The worst thing for a teacher is to have no students.
          The worst thing for a writer is to have no readers.
          The worst thing for an actor is to have no audience.
          The worst thing for a sage is to have nobody interested in his advice.
          Believe me – I know whereof I speak!
          The more ego-oriented we are, or the more concerned about our livelihood, the worse it is. The more we believe that WE were meant to serve others, the deeper our feeling of futility when nobody wants our service. Our lives seem purposeless and wasted.
          The solution is to be ego-less and unconcerned. If we could realize that we were ALL placed here to serve EACH OTHER, we might be more amused by the way events have of stubbornly taking their own course. 
          Sometimes we are meant to play the role of the receiver of charity. Being humbled in this manner is the only way we can truly appreciate how to extend charity to someone else, when the roles are finally reversed.

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OM SHANTI, SHANTI, SHANTI
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