IS LIFE BETTER FOR US THAN IT WAS FOR OUR FOREFATHERS ?

IS LIFE BETTER FOR US THAN IT WAS FOR OUR FOREFATHERS ?

If we are to judge happiness in terms of living, answer to the question would undoubtebly be "Yes" one can deny. Modern science has achieved so much lighten our day-to-day jobs that if our forefathers w to return to day, they would not recognise the condition as belonging to the same planet. Man today finds eve thing ready for him. An electric switch moves a fan above him giving him far more comfort and coolness than "punkha" of our forefathers. The motorcar of today carry us to a far greater distance and in a much show time. We have not to burn tee, kerosene oil or the linseed oil to read in the night; we can just switch on the Iight but any bad smell. There are innumerable inventions of science which have made our lives easy and happy.

But are we really happy ? Are we happy in real sense of the term? Are we healthier than our forefathers? Do we have the same mental happiness as our forefathers had ? The answer to all these questions, we all feel hearts is no. We have become ease-loving idle persons. We do not like to do any manual work. Manual works lowers our dignity these days. We do not want to give our bodies a physical exercise The result is that we are not healthy. We suffer from various diseases. No doubt, medicine has advanced a lot but what of that? Do we not know the proverb of our forefathers, "Prevention better than cure' ?

Our forefathers used to get everything pure. They had cereals. Today it seems that everything and even man is adulterated. The people have to use Dalda; they have to remain content with milk adulterated with about 6'0% of water condiments mixed up with so many harmful substances. As a result, the people suffer from various diseases. Did our forefathers ever hear of complicated diseases like cancer pleurisy ?

In the olden days when a man wanted something, he to work upon it When he had finished, even though the work was rot vary good, he had the sense of satisfaction and got the joy of a creator. This made the people lives adventurous. Now- days everybody in this world expects to have things "ready made" far him and so the spirit of adventure has gone out of life.

But all this does not mean that we should become disappointed and discard what has been achieved so far There are still a great many things to be made, discover end invented. We should not forget our spiritual values. And if we continue to use our minds and hands in searching after beautiful things, the day will not be far when we will be as happy as our forefathers.

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