I was thinking for few days Does sacrifice actually happen? As far as I am concerned sacrifice rarely exist. Being a Chess player, it was always a big deal if a player sacrificed one of his pieces. However, all the players sacrificed their piece to gain an advantage and eventually win. I have not come across a single sacrifice in a chess game with an intention to lose ( of course you do lose if the sacrifice goes hay wire).
According to me sacrifice is only from people's point of view. The person who actually is sacrificing does it because he is indifferent about that particular thing which he sacrifices. For Example the people who leave all the materialistic things and do philanthropic work. It is a sacrifice for all others but may not be for the person who actually did it. May be that person was never interested in materialistic things and wanted to involve himself in philanthropy. How can this be a sacrifice for him?
Sacrifice can only happen of the things which are near to you and you love them to the core. I cannot say I sacrificed playing Golf for my career because I was never passionate about golf. I think sacrifice is a very loosely used word. Its a kind of short term pain for long term gain. For me giving up something for your own benefit is not sacrifice. However when the same thing is given up for society's, people's benefit, its sacrifice in true sense.
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Sacrifice does exist simple example is Parents do lots of sacrifices while upbringing their child..sometime they sacrifice their sleep to ensure their child is sleeping peacefully, sometimes they sacrifice outing & picnic's for their baby. The perspective at looking things may be different from individual's point. In ancient times ppl used to sacrifice something when they visit Kashi & they were supposed too sacrifice something which they love & not something which they are indifferent to...sacrificing something which one doesn;t love or passionate about is not a sacrifice at all. I beleive sacrifice do exist & ppl sacrifice something or the other at every point of time for the ppl they love & care for & especially the ppl who care relationship lot...
Ask the parents whether they would term it as sacrifice. I think it gives immense pleasure to them when they don't sleep for the sake of the baby. As far as kashi thing is concerned people have a fixed item which they sacrifice so I am not sure whether everyone likes the same fruit .I may sound a bit rude but people only love and care for a few set of people.What my point is ask the person who has actually done it whether he/she would call it a sacrifice?
" The person who actually is sacrificing does it because he is indifferent about that particular thing which he sacrifices.".....
I dont agree with this...i think u have defined sacrifice in wrong way!
Referring to same line....think of the efforts that a person has taken to reach a level where he could be indifferent to the things he is sacrificing!
BUT there is huge difference between these people and the ones who leave a particular thing because they dont like it!
I agree with u in a sense that yes, we are using 'sacrifice' in very looose way! Actually i never understood a thing as to why do we talk so much of SACRIFICE when the person who has really sacrificed it doesnt care about all this nonsense like sacrifice...that person has already reached some next levels......
That is where the guts lie first earn a Mercedes and then give it away as Ravi Subramanian says.
That is where the fun and real courage lies earning and then giving it away
well well ravi subramanian in his book says one needs to earn the ferrari (success)so dat one can share it .wat he means is if we need to do something good we shud have the needful-thing in our hands to share it ....he is not telling abt sacrifice !
when a person sacrifices a beloved thing it gives pain n cannot b indifference...if its not giving pain den it means the thing was never close to the losing person's heart n so was not a sacrifice!
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