Signs of an Unfortunate Person

1. Making your mind attentive, listen to the signs of an unfortunate person. By abandoning these qualities, the signs of a fortunate person are obtained.
2. By committing wrongful deeds one becomes impoverished, and poverty gives rise to an accumulation of more wrongful deeds. This cycle continues on and on.
3. Therefore, listen to the signs of an unfortunate person and abandon them so that the signs of good fortune can be gained.
4. The unfortunate person likes to be lazy, and does not like to make any effort. His desires always move him to do improper things.
5. Such a person is always sleepy and confused. He constantly speaks unnecessarily about many irrelevant things, and is not liked in anyone's mind.
6. He does not understand the importance of reading or writing, and does not know how to conduct business transactions. He cannot keep track of accounts or do any record keeping, and he does not have a good memory.
7. He loses things, drops things, falls down and breaks things, he is forgetful, he makes many mistakes, and he has many bad habits. Such a person never likes to keep the company of good and virtuous people.
8. He makes friends with mischievous people and trouble-makers, and he associates with people who are hypocrites, thieves, and wrong-doers.
9. Such a person quarrels with everyone. Being a thief himself, he deceives and steals from others, and being a bully, he causes trouble for everyone he meets.
10. Such a person has no forethought, he does not have any appreciation for justice and propriety, and he always has a keen desire to take the belongings of others.
11. He pampers his body by being lazy, but as a result of his laziness he does not even have any means for getting good food, or to buy decent clothing or bedding.
12. In his laziness he sits around picking and scratching at his body, or he just merely lies around sleeping.
13. Such a person does not develop any meaningful friendships with other people because he is always speaking harsh words to others. He is uncontrollable by anyone because of his foolishness.
14. He feels ashamed and shy to meet virtuous people, yet he freely runs around with lowly people. His mind feels delighted when he is criticized by others about his actions.
15. How can such a person be helpful to others? He is a destructive person who does many wrongful deeds, and he brings a great deal of calamity into the lives of others. He behaves eccentrically and brings disorder to everything that he does.
16. He is undisciplined in his speech and never carefully considers what he is talking about before he speaks. Thus, nobody cares about anything that he says.
17. He doesn't trust anyone, and nobody trusts him or feels close to him. Such a person has no knowledge or prosperity. The only thing that he has is useless stubbornness and pride.
18. If someone pleases the minds of many people, fortune comes naturally. However, an unfortunate person will never listen to this type of thoughtful advice.
19. He does not understand anything, and does not listen when someone is trying to teach him. What is the use of using various means to try to teach such a person the solutions to his problems?
20. His imagination runs wild, but he never actually achieves anything because his mind is continuously engaged in imagination and doubt.
21. When the mind of such a person has abandoned the path virtue, how can his wrongful-mindedness be cleansed? Because he has no determination, his life is spoiled by doubts.
22. He does not have any complete understanding about anything, but that does not keep him from speaking out in gatherings. Because of this, people can easily see his ignorance and masquerade.
23. When people can see the substance of a person's knowledge, that person becomes respected and appreciated by many people in the world.
24. One cannot earn a good name without doing any hard work. Honor and respect do not come for free. When a person only displays negative qualities, he is scorned and disrespected everywhere.
25. Such an unfortunate person does not keep the company of good people, and does nothing to become wise. Understand that such a person does not understand what is in his own best interest and is basically his own worst enemy,
26. If you do good things for people, you naturally are repaid with good things in return. However, this simple principle is not understood by the unfortunate ones.
27. Recognize that where none of the best qualities are found, this is the sign of an unfortunate person. Such a person is not respected by many people. This is clearly a sign of misfortune.
28. The principle of cause and effect shows us that nothing is achieved without doing some work. The person who does not do anything gets carried away by grief and sorrow.
29. A person who is not liked by anyone is like someone who has no footwear. Being without any shelter, an unfortunate person is exposed everywhere he goes.
30. Therefore, recognize and abandon your bad qualities and adopt good qualities. In this way, one gets everything that is needed in life.