The Book of Life

pages of wisdom politics. As a result, he failed his tenth-grade exam, and his studies could not continue further. He opened a shop, but he kept no fixed schedule. He would open and close it whenever he liked. The result was that the shop eventually closed down. He also took up a job, but he considered it below his supposed standard. He remained constantly irritated and often quarreled with his employer. Finally, the employer, fed up with him, dismissed him. So, it went. In this way, he kept trying different things, and every effort ended without success. He was always complaining about others—this person is prejudiced, that person acted out of hostility, another does not want to see me succeed. Thus, he kept putting the blame for his failures on others. He spent his whole life trying to prove others wrong, but in the end, the result was that he himself was proved wrong. Blaming others for one’s own ruin may feel satisfying for a moment, but the price is heavy. As a result, a person’s downfall continues endlessly, and in this world of cause and effect, it never truly ends. INCREASE THROUGH SAVING S ome materials allow electric current to pass through them. These are called conductors. Copper, iron, and aluminum are examples of such conductors. Wires made from these materials are used to transmit electricity from power plants to other places.