Our 2nd Prime Minister Dr. Lal Bahadur Shastri lived a normal life and gave importance to everyone. This could be seen in his daily life. While making a decision no matter how small or big they were, he approached people around him, at a time even his servants.
Shastri Ji's family and friends used to find this a bit weird. They could not understand why The Prime Minister, a highly knowledgeable persona, sought suggestions from ordinary persons.
One fine day a friend gathered the courage to ask the prime minister about this. He said, "Mr. Shastri you are involved in the intense discussion pertaining to this world, and you ask your servants for a suggestion? This is so difficult to digest! Can you please help me understand the reason behind this?
Over this, Shastriji smiled and said listen to my story and you would understand.
One day at Newton's house, the great man who taught us the law of gravity, a cat gave birth to two kittens.
At night, cat and the kittens would struggle to get out of the house but couldn't find a way out. They would start running here and there and break the household articles. In order to avoid the breakage, Newton asked his servant to make two holes in the main door. A bigger one for the mother and the little one for the kittens.
To this the servant said forgive me Sir, but what is the need for two holes? One big hole can allow the passage of both cat and kittens.
Newton was shocked after hearing to his servant and wondered why such normal thought didn't click his mind.
After completing this story, Mr. Shastri said in this life every person is important and has a significant value.
All of us have the potential to change the world, the need is to identify it and use it for the betterment. This is what I learned from Shastri Ji.
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