'The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.' - Samuel Johnson
If there’s one thing that just applies anywhere and everywhere I’d think it’s about ‘being kind’. Just as a way of being.........wherever, whenever, with whoever..... it’s one of those few unconditionals which can only bring about positive.
One of those sutras that children seem to get to directly and naturally, and one which we, as adults, need to get to consciously.
When Dhruva got admitted into school in Hyd, in class 3, ( it was the year DPS began in Hyderabad), he gave the inaugural speech in school, and first on his list of what he expected from the school was ‘I want that the teachers be kind’. Back then I thought it was too simplistic, but he was adamant. Now I get it.
The Dalai Lama says: "Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible".
That’s as deep as its simple.
That’s as deep as its simple.
Food for thought…why does it take a ten year old and a Dalai Lama to be telling us this???
food for thought : one has to find when in the process of evolution the concept of ' help ' was developed and in the process of ' civilization ' selfishness prevailed.
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