Week 1 · Hello, Sikhi · Day 5
Honest work — Kirat Karni
Kirat Karni means honest, hard work done with care. Guru Nanak Dev Ji taught that bread you earn honestly tastes better than bread you take.
Today's idea
We earn honestly and do our work well. That's the third pillar of Sikhi.
Read a Sakhi or story Fateh Singh and the Shortcut Make & colour Color a Fateh Singh scene Play Take the Fateh Singh quiz 
Watch together Guru Nanak & The Brahman's Pure Food Gurmukhi minute Trace today's letter — ਹ Haha
Watch together Guru Nanak & The Brahman's Pure Food Gurmukhi minute Trace today's letter — ਹ Haha Go & do it Pick one real job at home — make your bed, tidy a shelf, water a plant — and do it carefully, all the way, without a shortcut.
ਘਾਲਿ ਖਾਇ ਕਿਛੁ ਹਥਹੁ ਦੇਇ ॥
Ghaal khaae kichh hathahu de-e
“Work for what you eat, and give some away — that is the true path.”
Talk together
Ask: "Why does doing the work yourself feel better than a shortcut?"
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