“Courtesy costs nothing but pays a huge dividend” is an apt maxim which has been guiding mankind through all the stage of civilization. Courtesy is a term that embraces every walk of our life and that it concerns all us, whether boys, girls, men, women or old men and old women. Each of us is morally bound with one or other form of courtesy. We have to show courtesy, on our part, to our elders while they, on their part, too, maintain certain principle of courtesy to be extended to their younger ones. That is why the cult of courtesy is governed by the principle of “give and take”.
There are numerous instance of showing courtesy to others-very simple. It is not a difficult task. For example you are traveling in a bus which is packed up. You have got a seat but a pregnant lady is standing. It is the principle of courtesy that you should offer her your seat, no matter whether she accepts your invitation or not.
Another common form of courtesy (which is generally ignored by us) is that of ‘thanking’ and saying ‘please’. Some one offer you a cigarette; before you accept it you must say”thankyou”; even if you are not a smoker and refuse the offer, say” thank you, but I don’t smoke.” Similarly, people fact, costs nothing. Note the vast difference between the two examples:-
It is a principle of courtesy that when you meet an elder, you must first bow to him and say ‘good morning sir’. If you are sitting and one of teachers happens to came near you, it is the call of courtesy that you should immediately stand up in reverence. While attending dinner or lunch you must not start eating unless you’re fellow guests do so. Say 'sorry' if you may some mistake even it is little one such as you cough at the time of you speak.
It is a matter of great pity as well as shame that in our country people pay for little attention to the demand of courtesy. We see, in our school and colleges, students behaving with their teachers in uncourteous manner. Senior citizens are also treated in the same manner. Courtesy, it must be remembered, makes a man a real human being fit to live in a civilized society.
Spiritual activites are relief to human in some ways. This world is a tension world. Using spiritual activites, we can reduce our tension. we can live in different mode of life. If you go to temple, you will feel some change in mind. There are different issues in god concept. Some people accept god meanwhile some people don't accept god. But the truth is we can form god in our mind.
Same time, we can also form evil in our mind. If you get jealous, you form some type of evil. If you get unlimited lust, you form another type of evil. Spiritual activities is the only medicine for cure wound made by that evils. Now a days, we heard many saints fall in sexual activities. It is very bad. Because they have responsiblity to lead some innocent people.
yes! saints are not neccessary to get spiritual things. But it is traditional method of teaching spiritual things by saint. Now a days many duplicate saints are there. We should aware of duplicate saints. First of all, Saints must have a quality of simplicity. If you see any saint who wearing jewels, using car, he is not a true saint.
Worshipping god and telling mantras not only enough for prayer. we should concentrate in god's nature. what is god's nature? peace and completeness is the nature of god. Using mantras, we get concentration on god's qualities. we also get some bid of qualities while at praying time. Yes! not blood and flesh, god is in symbolic form of good things.
Some people using figures for worshipping god such as pictures, idols, statues. But figures are only temporary pillars for innocent people. God is our mind. We make our mind be a god by protect from evil things and insulate good things and hope.
Laziness is the slow poison for human. Because if you postpone any work, it creates many side effects. If you become ill, you have to chance to postpone the work. It is not bad. But some people, postpone the work cause of laziness. They set alarm for wake up. The important thing is, they switch off the alarm and continue their sleep. In that situation they give importance to sleep.
Yes! sleep is essential for health. you have to set proper time limit for sleeping. Medicine world told that 8 hours is enough for good sleep. Why some people make undiscipline sleeping habits? There are many reasons. Cause of hardworking, they get pain in their body. So they continue sleep in abnormal manner. But it affects next day's work. We should aware of one day's work will not affect another day's good work. Sleeping not only taking rest. It is the medium for getting power for next day's meaningful work.
Some people using alchocol before they get sleep. It is very bad habit. Because they affect by alchocol and get laziness in next day action. some people are there. They have no serious in any matter. They keep jolly mood and doing things with carelessness. But it affects their future life.
How to avoid laziness? Using good hobbies is the best remedy for avoid laziness. Because we love our hobbies than our regular work. So, prior to work, we follow some hobbies such as singing, dancing, reading good stories, gardening, etc.
Some occassions, it also make good talent. In future that hobbies may become our main work.
Rivers, lakes, sea and oceans are highways for trade and communication. People from ancient times have been sailing on seas to exchange goods. But for a long time Australia had been out of reach to the rest of the world. This may explain why in Australia we find people, animals and plants are that not found in any other part of the world.
The last of the continents to be discovered was Australia. It is an island continent.
Look at the globe, you will see that Australia lies under the curve of the earth where the mass of Asia breaks up into bits of lands or groups of islands surrounded by water.
The content of Australia is separated by oceans. Australia is both n the eastern hemisphere and in the southern Hemisphere. Australia is a big, open, uncrowned land. It has some fine modern cites and most of them are sea-ports like Sydney, Brisbane and Perth. But beyond the mountains on the seacoast lie the wide open spaces of the continent.
There are fields and orchards on the green plains. Beyond the plains is the wild `bush’ country with scattered sheep stations. In the bush country, live people called `Bushmen’ who are different from those found in any other country. These native men are called aborigines.
These aborigines have no farms, little of what we call learning and art. But they know the ways of all he animals and can follow any track through their native bush land. They hunt animals with a piece of wood called a boomerang.
The north of Australia is thickly forested. But the entire of the continent is a great desert. This is the least known part of the continent.
It is very hot, dry and hard to travel here. There are many places in this desert where no man has ever visited to this day.
Australia is an island. It is cut off from all other continents by oceans. When you first white people landed, in Australia, they saw many kinds of plants and animals that they had never seen before. There are ever so many kinds of plants in Australia that do not grow anywhere else in the world.
But the animals of Australia are even stranger than the plants. Most of the animals are either mammals or birds. There are a few that may really puzzle you. The fruit bat is a mammal even through it can fly. The duck bill or the platypus is a mammal too-even though it has a bill that looks like the bill of a duck. This strange animal lays eggs. Suckles the young like a mammal and swings like a duck.
The kangaroo is a mammal too. It has a pouch to keep its young ones as it leaps on the grasslands. Mother kangaroo is big but baby Joey is tiny and small.
The koala is also a mammal. It also carries its young ones in a pouch on its back. It sucks the juice of the gum trees and is happy and gay.
Most of the animals are marsupials. They are mammals but the young ones are tiny and a small and are carried in a pouch by the mother.
The plants and animals of Australia are different from those in other parts of world because long. Long ago, the Australian block of land drifted far away from the other main blocks of land and the oceans around Australia acted as walls. For millions of years these are `Water’ walls kept most of the plants and animals of that continent from going anywhere else. They also kept most of the plants and animals of other lands from coming to Australia. Only in the 15th century did man dare to go and explore the land Even today, most of the towns and cities are near the coast because these oceans have become highways now. The interior of Australia is a vast desert and very few people few people live there.
A study tour is an essential part of a student’s academic career. It provides him first hand experience with men and matters. When a tour is conducted from school or college, the students get chance to freely mingle with other students. They feel free with the teachers who accompany them. This helps in developing a close relationship among students themselves and between students and teachers.
A study tour helps the students observe the special features of the world in which they live. They can watch and enjoy sights of nature-rivers, mountain valley, seas and the Flora and fauna of a place. If the tour is conducted to some factory or historical museum, it spares them direct knowledge or information.
Book knowledge seldom motivates a student. A student’s mind is dynamic and he longs for knowledge that is rather live than kept buried in the text book. An occasion ofa study tour gives him his chance.
He explores and finds out new things. He studies how to face situations. He comes face to face with living realities. He enjoys being part of a group moving towards a common end. He develops social sense and he learns to accommodate the tastes and limitations of others. The journey itself moulds them.
The so called study tour rarely proves a failure. If it is poorly organized, then no doubt it is destined to fail. Too much discipline imposed on the touring children will also affect the sprit of the journey adversely. The place chosen for the tour should be an ideal one. It should not be a far lying place or one which calls for very long journey. Apart from learning,students should enjoy the time they spend together with their friends and teachers. Thus a study tour is very important in the life of a school/college student.
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