At the age of 70, her son and daughter in law died and she was left alone to raise her grandson. She was crying and she was scared. Her grandson was 16 but she felt she had no strength to handle his teenage tantrums. Then she was scared what if she is unable to raise him right? What if she is unable to give the right values to him. So she asked what values she should teach him?
I am sure his mother must have taught him many things. She smiled and said yes. But because he is with me now, I need to know what I shall do. Fair enough!
So we wrote down a list of many virtues which we all should follow. Why we should have virtues. Well, to have a good life the only option we have is to do good and think good. We need to do all the good we can. To know that, we also need to know the difference between good and bad. So we need to continue doing all we can. But still we cannot teach all. So from where to start. The point is we can start from anywhere. One will bring it all. They all are good and interconnected.
We can follow the route of holding good intentions for everyone and everything, it will bring truth, peace, satisfaction, integrity, honesty and all. If we follow kindness, it will bring in love, good intentions, truth and rest. We follow, love and it will bring in all. But the point is, we need to start following the path. Rest we will get all of them on the way. Similarly, one bad thing will bring in all the bad things. The path will start.
Follow goodness in every form and you will always be good.
