When he was just three years old, his mother taught him that always do something which makes you feel better about yourself. One day, he broke a chair in the school, and the teacher was furious. The teacher asked who did it and he stood up. The teacher was surprised as no one knew about the broken chair. The teacher asked him, why did he accept, he would have hidden it. He replied back saying, I could have hidden but in that case I would not have liked myself. I like myself because I know I spoke truth. The teacher appreciated his honesty. Same child when was a 25 years old man, met an accident. His family wanted the driver to accept the blame for the accident but he stood up and said that i was the one who was involved but I was not wrong in this accident. Another car was coming from wrong side. The driver in the small car from wrong side, started putting pressure on him for money. Finally after one year of case the truth came out and the boy came out clean. Now, judge asked him, what would he want to do with the other driver as he had been through lots of torture in this one year. The boy smiled and said that I can easily say punish him and it would give me lots of satisfaction. But if I want to think about myself everyday, what would make me feel better about myself is that I have forgiven him. he has to live with what he has done and I have to live with what I am doing. Judge was amazed at his thoughts.
Whenever in doubt, even for the smallest thing, always think that if you would think about yourself after 5 years, how would you feel. Always choose something which makes you feel better about yourself. Why?
1. You will gain strength from it instead of losing strength to it
2. Judge your feelings in either of the cases. Choose what gives you peace.
3. It is not about others, it is about how you are.
4. Life is not for one day that you can take a decision only for today. Whatever we are choosing today impacts us for whole life. It impacts our self image. It impacts our next course of life.
Life is not difficult but we make it difficult. So try to simplify it. What makes you feel happy, feel love, choose that.
