Tuesday 29 April 2008

Forward Mail -- 3

The train has started moving. It is packed with people of all ages, mostly with the working men and women and young college guys and gals. Near the window, seated an old man with his 30-year old son. As the train moves by, the son is overwhelmed with joy as he was thrilled with the scenery outside..
'See dad, the scenery of green trees moving away is very beautiful'


This behavior from a thirty year old son made the other people feel strange about him. Every one started murmuring something or other about this son.

'This guy seems to be a crack.' newly married Anup whispered to his wife.

Suddenly it started raining...

Rain drops fell on the travelers
through the opened window.

The 30-year old son, was filled with joy and said, 'See dad, how beautiful the rain is...'

Anup's wife got irritated with the rain drops spoiling her new suit.
'Anup, can't you see its raining, and you old man, if your son is not feeling well get him soon to a mental asylum..and don't disturb public henceforth'

The old man hesitated at first and then in a low tone replied, 'We are on the way back from hospital, my son got discharged this morning, he was blind by birth, only last week he got his vision, these rain and nature are new to his eyes.. Please forgive us for the inconvenience caused...'


The things we see may be right from our perspective until we know the truth. But when we know the truth our reaction to that will hurt even us.


So try to understand the problem better before taking a harsh action.




最近是有些懒惰写东西,
但有时看到些有意思东西,拿出来分享也不错。

客观地看待事情,
以当事人的角度看待事情,
拥有同理心,
有谁能做到一百巴仙呢?

但求我们能在指责别人之前,搞清楚事实,
别以为自己不舒服,就是别人的错。

2 comments:

Unknown said...

i like that story of yours.. it's true that those thing that we saw sometimes isnt the truth.. =P

G said...

Erm...
It's not appropriate to use the word [yours], it's not by me, just one of the forward messages available on the net.
Yea it's important to say so, Giddens said that too, what's not yours, it's not yours.