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Return of a Different Kind |
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Contributed by C S Sundaram, Larsen & Toubro Limited, Chennai |
| One of my friends was
feeling dejected and I asked him what’s happened. He
told that he had to face humiliation in the office. Then
I narrated a story which tells how men of lore have
handled this situation. Once Budhha was going through a village. The villagers heaped words of disrespect and dishonour on him. He was unfettered by these words and told the villagers if they had finished their tirade against him, he could move on to another village where his disciplines are waiting for him. The villagers were stunned. A few elders amongst them took courage and asked him how he could keep the composure in the midst of wordy abuses. Then Buddha told them that it was their right to abuse him. Equally, it is his right not to accept it. Then he told them that, when he was coming from another village, the residents in that village had offered him sweets. He did not accept the sweets. He asked the present villagers what they think the previous village people would have done. They informed him that, since he did not accept their sweets, the villagers would have taken back the sweets. Then Buddha quietly told the villagers that this is what is exactly they are going to do now – they have to take back their abuses since he did not accept them. Tail-piece: Two persons were seen quarrelling with each other. A passer-by asked what happened? The first person told that the other fellow had slapped him on the face. The passer-by asked the second person why did he slap the first person. He answered: "I had borrowed some money from him and I had ‘returned’. The passer-by wondered: "If you have ‘returned’, why did he slap you? Pat came reply: "I returned his slap". Moral: You control your feelings & actions. Donot allow other's behaviour make you feel dejected! Sent by C S Sundaram, css@lntecc.com |
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