Tuesday, March 24, 2009
I finally got a chance to clear my mails.
I thought this was really a meaningful piece...
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Food for thought:
A saint asked his disciples,
'Why do we shout in anger?
Why do people shout at each
other when they are upset?'
Disciples thought for a while, one of them said,
'Because we lose our calm, we shout.'
'But, why shout when the other person
is just next to you?' asked the saint.
'Isn't it possible to speak to him
or her with a soft voice?
Why do you shout at a person when you're angry?'
Disciples gave all kinds of answers,
but none satisfied the saint.
Finally he explained,
'When two people are angry at each other,
their hearts distance a lot.
To cover that distance they must shout
to be able to hear each other.
The angrier they are, the stronger they will have to shout to
hear each other through that great distance.'
Then the saint asked,
'What happens when two people fall in love?
They don't shout at each other but talk softly.
Why? Because their hearts are very close.
The distance between them is very small...'
The saint continued,
'When they love each other even more, what happens?
They do not speak, only whisper and they get even closer to
each other in their love.
Finally they even need not whisper, they only
look at each other and that's all.
That is how close two people are when
they love each other.'
MORAL:
When you argue do not let your hearts get distant,
do not say words that distance each other more,
else there will come a day when the distance
is so great that you will not find the path to return.
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After reading through the above,
I silently thought to myself,
the number of times I lost my head when I got angry.
The irrational and impulsive me,
that can be very destructive when I get angry.
The things I’ve lost in the name of anger...
When I am calm, I can be a rather rational person.
I tend to be a worrywart and naturally,
this leads to me being super forward-looking.
At the age of 22,
I have already painted a vague picture of
what my life could be like in the next few years.
Like the adage goes,
if you fail to plan, you plan to fail...
I’m just hoping that reality doesn’t fall
too far away from what I’ve constructed...
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7:45 PM
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