While taking a walk with the youngsters in my family, I asked them what they thought of the story of “The Three Little Pigs.” One tried to retell the story, the other told me the strongest house, the house of brick, was built by the youngest pig.

I hope the youngsters will always remember the moral lesson of the story — no pain, no gain; the level of the comfort and security that you will enjoy in your life is in direct proportion to the level of efforts you put into it. It would be too late by the time you need this security but you have not built for yourself.

Of course, the first and the second pigs can run to the brick house of the third pig. But living under other people’s roof? That’s too much compromise of our dignity as an individual human being.