POWER OF EDUCATION

A working class labour representative went to his king and exclaimed, “These ministers don’t even work as we do, but they draw higher income than us. What unfairness on your part, my Lord!”. In order to defuse the dilemma, the king decided to keep a test. He requested the labour representative to weigh an elephant available in his kingdom within an hour. The labourer returned stating, “Pardon me, my Lord! I roamed around our kingdom, but I couldn’t find even a single physical balance as big as massive elephant, to weigh it”. Then the king directed to a minister to identify the weight. The minister returned within an hour stating the weight of the elephant. The labourer asked the minister in low voice, “How do you identify the weight of the elephant?”. Minister replied, “It’s simple. First I allowed the elephant to enter into an empty boat. I calculated amount by which the boat had sunk in water do to its weight. Later, I added known mass of rocks to the empty boat, until its depression became equivalent to the boat with elephant. That’s it”. King replied, “That is the difference!”.

Money gained through manual tasks will be so minimal and suitable only for daily sustenance. But, money through knowledge and intelligence will generate large amount, which will be useful to us and others. So, we have to provide knowledge and intelligence to below poverty line people, in order to uplift their life.

Donations and gifts will not change the life of the deprived people, but knowledge in the right direction will change their life. If we provide a fish to under-privileged, it will be helpful for a day. But, if we teach them fishing, it will be useful for him rest of his life.

QUOTES:
"The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength,
not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will." - Vince Lombardi