As You Sow, So Shall You Reap

"As you sow, so shall you reap!" Yes, this is an old proverb which is true. The meaning is that if you do good to others you will also be rewarded with good. And if you are bad and unkind, you will get the same from others. Here is a short story about a poor girl.

There once lived a very poor girl with her parents in a small town in Bombay. She worked as a servant girl in a rich Lady's house. One day as she was coming home from work, she saw a purse lying on the road. She recognized it at once. It was her mistress's purse. She ran towards it, opened it and inside it, was a little brooch which was made of artificial gold and along with it was some money. She decided to return the purse and ran back to the rich ladies house. The lady was very thankful for getting back her money and brooch. She presented the brooch to the little girl and also promised to increase her monthly pay. The girl was also very pleased.

As you see that if you do good, you will also be rewarded with good as the little girl was rewarded. It is not always that you are rewarded. Sometimes the person to whom you do good doesn't reward you. Then you should not feel bad. Because good deeds are not done for rewards but out of your own goodness and it should be done wholeheartedly. Good deeds should be done anywhere you go. May it be school, home or market.

As students you should cultivate the habit of doing good things in your life. In the school if you find something, you must give it to the person to whom it belongs or in the office for handing over the same to the owner, so that the student will feel very happy. Learn to do good things in your house by way of helping your parents, friends and neighbours.

"The fruit of kindness is always sweet."