Leading A Spiritual Life
English book, p. 385
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Be of Use to Yourself and Others while Still in Your Prime accident was a combination of over-speeding and near zero visibility due to fog.” But it was not a combination of two factors. It was rather the outcome of a single factor – overconfidence. When there was fog, the drivers should have taken the precaution of not speeding up their vehicles. But, because they were overconfident, they took the unnecessary risk of over-speeding. The result was quite expected, that is, their journey ended in a serious accident, described by the traffic police as a ‘mega crash’. Confidence is good, but overconfidence is quite the reverse. Being adventurous may be good, but risk-taking can be disastrous. This is the important lesson to be learnt from this incident. Be of Use to Yourself and Others while Still in Your Prime Everyone must realize that he or she is subject to the law of nature. People can build their future only by folowing the law of nature. If we deny this law, we shal have no place in this world.

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