LOVE TO BE A HUMAN

It is rare to be born as a human being
It is still more rare to be born without any deformity

Even if you are born with any deformity
It is rare to acquire knowledge and education

Even if one could acquire knowledge and education
It is still rare to be offerings and tapas

But for one who does offerings and tapas
The doors of heaven open to greet him.

-- A Tamil Poem composed 1,000 years ago by Awaiyars