Detachment
A Headmaster joyfully gives up the furniture and laboratory appliances of the school when he is transferred to another school. Why? Because the headmaster knows and believes that he is only the caretaker, and is not the owner. He is not attached to these articles, for he knows that these belong to the Government.
So too, each one of us must feel that our family, our house, our car and all other possessions are all the Lord’s property. You are just a trustee and must be ready to give them up without murmur, at a moment’s notice.
Sacrifice does not mean that you should not attach value to things. You must indeed care for everything. But remember, that all of them are transient and the joy they give is very trivial and temporary. Know their real worth, do not over-estimate them and develop attachment to them.
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