Thank you for the deep and insightful post Prasanna. Wise words indeed…so beautifully written.
Poetry class was my least favorite in school…we had to learn the poems by heart and recite them without understanding the meaning and depth of the words.
I hope that in this fast paced practical world, we take time to stop, reflect, dream a little and appreciate the poets/philosophers of those times.
Your post has certainly made me nostalgic of my English teacher desperately trying to make us understand those verses of lost wisdom. It has also inspired me to look them up again…thank you !
A few years back I was walking with my wife.I saw a man dragging an old woman on the road and she was pleading with him to leave her. I took pity and asked the man to stop attacking the woman. To my surprise the woman got up and told that” he was her son and he can do what he wants, you mind your business”
I was dumbfounded, further I got a mouthful from wife.
If only I fully understood much earlier that the door to happiness only opens inwards. No point worrying and getting agitated by what we don't control. A wise advise I got was - its not the circumstances, it's your reaction to circumstances is all one can hope to control.
Understanding this better now.... Dhere Hai andher nahin!!!
Thank you for the deep and insightful post Prasanna. Wise words indeed…so beautifully written.
Poetry class was my least favorite in school…we had to learn the poems by heart and recite them without understanding the meaning and depth of the words.
I hope that in this fast paced practical world, we take time to stop, reflect, dream a little and appreciate the poets/philosophers of those times.
Your post has certainly made me nostalgic of my English teacher desperately trying to make us understand those verses of lost wisdom. It has also inspired me to look them up again…thank you !
Thank you Michelle for those confessions and kind words of appreciation. Much valued.
A few years back I was walking with my wife.I saw a man dragging an old woman on the road and she was pleading with him to leave her. I took pity and asked the man to stop attacking the woman. To my surprise the woman got up and told that” he was her son and he can do what he wants, you mind your business”
I was dumbfounded, further I got a mouthful from wife.
I can never forget the incident.
Was it a fault to help people in trouble
Appalling. You must have been taken aback by the way the offended defended the offender! Strange world we live in.
I have quoted If quite a few times ,it is really apt and happy that you brought this out
If only I fully understood much earlier that the door to happiness only opens inwards. No point worrying and getting agitated by what we don't control. A wise advise I got was - its not the circumstances, it's your reaction to circumstances is all one can hope to control.
Understanding this better now.... Dhere Hai andher nahin!!!
As always your comments are very profound and add to what has been said. Thank you!!
Pras,
Well written and well related to everyday life and circumstance. If only Rudyard Kipling were to be alive, he would have liked reading FC 83.
Wow! What a fantastic compliment !! Thank you!!