Living in Hope

of rupees to make one. And even after receiving the priceless gift of a kidney, if there were no doctors’ or surgery fees, he still needed Rs. 45,000 just to have it transplanted. Here was part of his body which he had never given any particular thought to before, and now its value had been brought home to him in no uncertain manner. (The Times of India, 10 January 1980) In truth, even when man is resourceless, he has a great deal to invest. The body and the brain which we possess are beyond all price. If man exploits his capabilities to the fullest, there is no success which he cannot attain in this world. For him nothing is impossible. When you have hands to hold things, when you have feet to walk with, when you have a tongue to speak, you really have all that you want in this world. And because everything else can be obtained by material means, there is nothing that is beyond one’s reach.