If the choice is just to suit others, that is not a good choice at all

Living or at least trying to live following certain ethical standards is just a choice..

The choice is from the heart and the brain of the individual..

If the choice is just to suit others, that is not a good choice at all.

And,

If we connect these standards with wealth, prosperity, or Divine Grace, we are in for disappointment..

Luck, status in life, and even turn of incidents happen beyond our control...

and if we think that by adopting a certain level of personal ethics and moral standards we may be able to persuade the dispenser of luck and splendour.. if there is anyone like that.. often we ascribe that status to God.. we are not right.

If one is a person of class by choice, his class will show when he faces utter failures and even annihilation.

Perhaps when he dies, he will be wearing white outside, will have a white heart which has stopped ticking inside and white cotton thrust into his nose, and white pieces of clothes tying his fingers..

But then that cannot make him famous, popular or successful..

There is no formula for success..

A plant can try to absorb the requisite nutrients from the earth and spread its branches and leaves..

But what comes as flowers and fruits is not its choice..

The flowers may die even as buds.. The full blown flowers may be crushed.. The dainty floweres may go unnoticed,,

The fruits may again die raw.. The ripe fruits may look dainty for a day or two.. and then they will be eaten away by birds animals or men.. or if not noticed, would fall down and decay under the very feet of the mother plant..

There is no choice for the plant.. Its tears, even if it sheds such tears, are just in vain.

The duty of the plant ends when it has prepared itself for bearing flowers and fruits.