A Sure Solution

INSIGHTS OF THE WISE That driver summed up the secret of life in a single phrase. In other words: do not expect anything from others. Take full responsibility yourself. Then you can be sure you will never face an accident. What the driver said about avoiding accidents on the road also applies to avoiding accidents in life. You can be sure to avoid social accidents, provided you take onesided responsibility upon yourself. The fact is, in today’s world, the most reliable solution to problems is the very one that driver practiced, which kept him completely safe throughout his long career. In strict medical terms, perhaps only one percent of people in the world are truly insane. But in another sense, ninetynine percent are potentially mad. Under normal conditions, they may appear fine. But when personal interest is involved, when their ego is hurt, when they are angered, or when they face someone they dislike, even a decent person can turn indecent. A sane person, too, can act insane. Once, while traveling from Hyderabad to Mahbubnagar, I myself experienced a lesson. Our car was speeding down the road when suddenly an ox appeared. The driver did not complain about the ox, nor did he continue recklessly. He braked immediately, stopped for a moment, and observed where the ox was heading. Once it had crossed more than half the road and it was clear it was going east, the driver turned the car west, went around it, and continued on his way. The problems of life are always solved through one-