BEING ECONOMICAL

II BEING ECONOMICAL II

Swami Bapa was in London. One day, after his meal, he was looking for something on the floor. He looked under the bed, under the table, and on a chair. His eyes were scanning the floor all around. On seeing this, one sadhu asked, “Bapa, what are you looking for?”
“A toothpick,” replied Bapa, still looking.

“Oh, why bother over such a small matter,” the sadhu said. He brought a box of toothpicks. “Here Bapa, take another one,” he remarked, offering a new toothpick to Bapa.

“Even I could have gotten a new one. But I want the toothpick which I seemed to have lost,” replied Bapa, not taking the new toothpick.

“Bapa! Why should you spend so much time after a toothpick that is worth only a penny? Others waste so many things like this, and you, on the other hand, are the President of this organization. So, why don’t you take a new one,” insisted the sadhu.

“No, I can’t do that. Everything belongs to Thakorji. We can’t use things for our personal pleasures as we please. Not even if it is a toothpick worth just a penny,” said Bapa firmly.

The lost tooth pick was finally found, and Swami Bapa expressed his satisfaction. Bapa truly loves being economical. He prefers to live a life of minimum requirements and advises others to do the same.