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Re: The next time some one needs you-----just be there


Dear Mai Ji,


The point I want to make is this: 


The overly dramatic mushy stuff that is shown in

movies and novels sounds very sweet.  Most people

easily fall for it because it is tender and appeals

to our senses and the self-serving rationalizations

we have invented to justify ourselves.  However,

it's wrong to consider it the be-all and end-all of

human existence. 


One who has not yet realized that there is a

purpose higher than their immediate comforts

and rationalizations has not made much progress. 


The lives of Guru Sahiban, the four Sahibjadays

and the Panj Piayray and numerous other Sikhs

who followed their footsteps serve to remind us

what that higher purpose is.  That is why their

memory is so precious to us. 


We may never be able to rise even a tiny

infinitesimal fraction of the heights they rose to

but as long as we have the memory we know we

have a long way to go and don't run the risk of

getting arrogant and complacent.  The day I start

believing that I know everything that needs to be

known and I have done everything that needs to

be done would probably be the worst day of my life.


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