Story 030A

Story 30a: What Is True Success? Three Ssssb Students Search for Answers

Three Ssssb students from Meena Ma'am, Merphia Ma'am, and Kusumaa, hailing from Nepal, Congo, and Mumbai respectively, are on vacation in Venezuela.

They are discussing what true success means in life.

The first Ssssb student says:
"Studying hard, getting a high-paying job, owning a house, a car, and having a family—that is success."

The second student has a different opinion:
"For me, success is making my parents happy by becoming a doctor. That is what they have always wanted and have told me more than 1,008 times."

The third student sees success differently:
"I will be successful when I have visited the birthplaces and ashrams of Lord Rama, Lord Krishna, Shirdi Sai, Parthi Sai, and saints from various religions. Additionally, I want to serve in the organization of Shri Sanjay Sai Seva for as long as possible."

The three students couldn't come to an agreement and missed the Guru Practice from their own countries deeply. Whenever they had questions without answers, they would go to their Guru Practice. But now, on vacation in Venezuela, they didn’t know where to find the Guru Practice there.

One of them then said:
"Wait a minute, Dayanna Ma'am is from Venezuela. Let’s ask her where the Guru Practice is here!"

The others agreed. They searched for three days for Dayanna Ma'am and eventually found her house. To their disappointment, they learned that Dayanna Ma'am had moved to the Netherlands.

The question for today:
Let us take on the role of Guru Practice today and give a wise answer, truly from our hearts, to the question: What is true success in life?