A Misunderstanding

ARTICLES OF WISDOM that household to bring a tool and peel off the bark. When he did, I saw thick worms, about an inch long, under the bark. They were very soft, but they had chewed into the surface of the trunk, leaving deep channels across it. This is how nature works. Nature teaches us that life in this world must be lived with great care. The order of the world is such that a single mistake can wipe out all your strengths. One lapse is enough to destroy all your opportunities. Nature could have protected the neem trunk even without removing the bark, but instead it set a rule: the owner must strip the bark, and only then will the trunk remain safe. This same law applies to human life, because the rules of nature also govern the world of people. In 1944, two men from Jaunpur (U.P.) started a business together. Their starting capital was only a few hundred rupees. But God blessed their joint venture, and in six years their business grew to a value of 30,000 rupees. Then disputes arose between them, and eventually they decided to part ways. On the advice of an arbitrator, it was agreed not to divide the business itself, but to assess its value and split it accordingly—one man would take half the value in cash, while the other would take the assets. That is what happened: one man received the goods, and the other received 15,000 rupees in cash. In 1949, fifteen thousand rupees was equal to several lakhs today. The man who took the cash opened a cloth shop