ADVICE TO A FRIEND ---------- WINE

Wine like opium apowerful intoxicating substance claims a very wide area for its use. When taken in excess, a man may die then and there.

Many a dangerous and incurable disease springs forth from drinking. This habit is generally acquired through the influence of bad company whose requests and persuasions compel one to have a taste of it. Several repetitions of such compliance whether under request or under pressure of influence, make one bold to have a direct contact with the thing and thus one gradually gets the habit formed.

The first action of wine is to attack and injure the liver which plays a vital role in the human system. No liquor in free from alcohol and alcohol has pernicious effect on stomach. As soon as the alcohol is pushed inside the stomach, the latter tries to belch it up due to its excessive strength of fermentation. That is why the beginners experience vomiting or nauseous sensation at their primary stage. But a drunken man forcibly prevents it from coming out of his stomach by providing a cover of other food articles, for fear of losing its action. As a result, the liquor fails to get its exit and goes back to harm this important organ. Loss of appetite and symptoms of indigestion are observed at the first stage, then many other dangerous effects appear by and by from its frequent use.


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ADVICE TO A FRIEND- IMPATIENCE

                             

 Impatience shunts one from patience or endurance which is slowly the keynote to success. Life is full of wants and sufferings; but being impatient who can get rid of them? Rather, a man of patience, sober and clam by nature meets his demands more rightly and quickly, or is able to tackle a difficult situation more efficiently than a man of impatient habits. Most of us are aware that behind every achievement there is a history of patience and perseverance. 

Impatience generally excites the mind at the sight of some impending dangers, difficulty, loss, wants etc.  A wise and competent man faces those unpleasant situations calmly; because he is well aware that the presence of impatience in the mind would increase the calamity actually touches him.

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ADVICE TO A FRIEND ----TEMPTATION

Temptation

There are certainunruly feelings in of which temptation is the strongest one. It always tries to lead a man towards selfishness. When grown unmanageable it drags one’s mind from the original seat of virtue and leads one to move in wilderness ----- in the region of false, illegal or uncertain hopes. Temptation in a mind acts like a piece of iron near some powerful magnet. It aims and jumps on an object from which it cannot free itself.
Temptation alone is sufficient to destroy the moral excellence of man. It misleads an individual or a nation by making the individual or the nation mad to process the belongings of others. It is also responsible for many a catastrophe, devastation, blood-shed, disaster, humiliation and danger which at times claim a heavy tool of human life and property. It also threatens the very existence of many other species --- essential for maintaining nature’s balance.

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ADVICE TO A FRIEND -- DISHONESTY

                                    Chapter – ll                                

Dishonesty

Dishonesty is antithesis of honesty. It makes a man to think and do a work which is opposite to all sorts of moral and natural laws. As honesty opens the door for bringing nobler qualities, dishonesty shuts the door from them. Dishonesty corrupts the purity of the mind and helps the growth of vice, such as faithlessness, backbiting, cheating, hypocrisy and the likes. It casts around it a sense of suspicion and distrust.

Dishonesty arises from a sense of making oneself gainer at the cost of others. Whatever a man gains by this means is really by causing loss to others. So it is closely linked up with selfishness. The influence of dishonesty upon men and especially upon men of weak character is more than that of honesty. For man is by nature a follower of imitation and he picks up vice more quickly than virtue; because, vice is acquired mainly for feeding the low desire of instinct. But the attainment of virtue calls for a great deal of pain, effort, sacrifice and knowledge. Dishonesty however kept concealed, is sure to expose itself in the long run. And how? Well, that will be seen when you will turn over the next few pages.

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ADVICE TO A FRIEND -- THE RIGHT USE OF MONEY

           

       Chapter – ll    

Money has often been condemned as an evil by various people of every country and every age. Such advice may be applicable and followed only by those who can live and isolated life, being totally detached from a society. But this advice is quite impracticable for men living in a society and having various transactions with one another. So close it the connection of man with money that it may be called as a part of his limb, --limb of that type the necessity of which is constantly felt.

Actually money by itself is not necessarily an evil thing which is often spoken to be; its goodness or badness depends on the use we make of it. Money confers a great blessing in the right hand while its wrong use brings suffering, anguish, fear and implements which themselves are neither good nor bad; but are, what they are made of by the people who use them. Hence, one should learn to use it in a right direction from an early age.

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