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How I realized the importance of water?

Just when I was meandering in and out of my house, my mom called out to me and told me there was something wrong with the water pumping motor. I reached out to her as soon as I heard her voice. The thought of an empty tank was constantly bugging her. She added that without water it would not be possible for her and us to do the daily chores. I ran towards my room, which took me a while, to call my electrician. The person who I can rely on with my eyes shut. At times, he is lackadaisical and doesn't respond well. As usual, he told me that he was busy and would not be able to come. I told him that it was urgent and there's nothing we could do without his help. That's when I realized how important an electrician is. I sound like a square peg in a round hole in such situations. Jokes apart, I insisted him to visit us the following day and the call ended on an assuring note from his side. Meanwhile, we had the whole day ahead of us and thoughts of water running dry. I will expl

Five things that a person shouldn't have

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Egoism I don’t need anyone in life to run my errands. Alone I can take care of myself and can handle everything. Do you think you know more than I(do)? How dare you talk to me like that? Do you know who I am? You are just a rookie. You should ask me before doing anything. Have you come across anyone who talked to you like this or behaved similarly. Yes? Congratulations! You have come across an Egoist. Egoism is one of such qualities that should not be there in a person as it can ruin your life, your relationships, and whatnot. Once an egoist will always be an egoist. Egoists have this weird tendency of ostracizing themselves from society as they think that it is they who hold the best opinions and others are simply fools. They are self-centric, unsympathetic, parochial, and whatnot. Even if you try to explain a minor problem to an egoist, he will make a mountain out of a molehill/it.  A Bad Temper Bad temper is linked to Egoism just like the bogies are linked to a rail engine. To