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Sometimes people have the chance to help others but they don't do it just because they don't care. Generosity means to walk the extra mile. It means to not be obsessed with receiving. As the Bible says, “It is better to give than to receive”. Generous people are prosperous. Greed is one of the worst enemies of wealth. If you have a business and you are greedy, peoplewon't buy fromyou.

HATRED is generated by GREED or we may say greed is the father of hatred. Hatred describes intense feelings of dislike towards individuals, caste, religion, colour, even materials. It is generated out of anger or greed or revenge or any other reason. Sometimes hatred is found as dislike of oneself also. If I hold resentment against someone, I may not harm that person but will surely harm myself. Many suffer from bodily diseases because of the grudge they hold in their minds against people.

Awoman suffered fromsevere rheumatic pains in the knee joints. No medicines were of any avail. The paint severely increased, until a holy man asked her, “Do you hold a grudge against anyone?” She hesitated and then answered, “My mind is seething with resentment against my own sister who does not behave properly with me.” The holy man said to her, “Your pains will disappear only when you forgive her and make peace with her”. At first, she found it difficult to

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