GOD, PLEASE MAKE ME RICH
A 20-year-old girl, who was once my student, and who is all set to complete her graduation, posted on her FB timeline, this morning: ‘GOD, PLEASE MAKE ME RICH’… In an advertisement video, a stunning beauty was introducing an even stunning motor bike – which looked like a gadget straight from the latest Bond film… Oh, it was truly a ‘hot stuff’!! I mean, the bike… Not the babe!! Or, maybe the babe for an old man like me… and the bike for my young student! But, let me tell you this honestly… I was neither swept off my feet by the stunning babe nor the swanky bike she was trying to woo me with… So, I said to God, ‘Thank you God for not making me rich’! W ell, being rich in life is not bad at all. It is good, it is great… It is a blessing. Therefore, I have great respect for all those who have prospered in their lives through right means, who live life with gratitude and charity… who are compassionate, who are aware of the truth that wealth and s...