Each moment well spent makes a precious treasure

              Each moment well spent makes a precious treasure

It is the little that makes up a huge thing. Small droplets of water make up a vast and deep ocean. Small savings steadily accumulated become a big amount in due course. Knowledge learnt in small amounts but continuously become a treasure for man throughout his life. Time is equally precious. If every moment is spent fruitfully, life becomes fulfilling and enjoyable. It is the characteristic of a great man that he utilises even a small unit of time into a great achievement.

Mahdev Govind Ranade was an eminent judge, a distinguished scholar, freedom fighter and a social reformer of India. Once, he was travelling in a train from Calcutta to Poona . Before boarding the train, he bought a newspaper in Bangla ( language spoken in Calcutta ) and also a small pocket dictionary of Bengali to English from a bookstall at the Railway platform. His wife asked him, " when you don't know the Bangla language, why did you buy this newspaper? " Ranade replied- " In these two days of travel in the train without any disturbance, this language can be easily learnt." He paid full attention on the script of the language and its construction. With the help of the dictionary, he enjoyed reading and understanding the contents of the entire paper. Reaching Poona,he read out the entire newspaper to his wife. Such was the perseverence and mental agility of that sixty year old great man