Dont blame, just understand

When you plant lettuce(or maize), if it does not grow well, you dont blame the lettuce. You look into the reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer or more water, or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with our friends or our family, we blame the other person. But if we knew how to take care of them, they will grow well, like lettuce. Blaming has no positive effect at all, nor does trying to persuade using reason and arguments. That’s my experience. No blame, no reasoning, no argument, just understanding. If you understand, and you show that you understand, you can love, and the situation will change. – – Thich Nhat Hanh.

Help Me To Remember

O God, when I have food, help me to remember the hungry; when I have work, help me to remember the jobless; when I have a home, help to remember those who have no home at all; when I am without pain, help me to remember those who suffer. And remembering, help me to destroy my complacency, bestir my compassion, and be concerned enough to help; by word and deed, those who cry out for what we take for granted. Amen. (Samuel F. Pugh)

Your Value

A lecture shows his class a crisp, brand new Ksh1000 note. He asks if anyone wants the money. Naturally, all hands go up. “Before I give this banknote up, I’d like to show you something.” The lecturer takes the note, crumples it in his fist and asks if anyone still wants it. Once again, all hands are raised. “In that case, I’ll do something else.” This time the lecture drops the note and steps on it. Now the money is crumpled and dirty. Still the class ‘s reaction doesnt change – everyone still wants the money, most hands are raised. This when the lecturer makes his point: “This my friends, is an important lesson. Despite everything I di to this piece of paper(note), you still want it. It hasn’t lost its value; its still worth Ksh1000. We all face hard times; fall down, get stepped on. Thats life. But no matter what happens, you will never lose your value. Dirty or clean, neat or crumpled, you are always worth the same.” I FIND THIS INSPIRING. DO YOU?

Letting go

Letting go doesnt mean giving up ….. It means moving on. It is one of the hardest things a person can do. Starting at birth, we grasp on to anything we can get our hands on, and hold on as if we will cease to exist when we let go. We feel that letting go is givin up, quitting, and that as we all know is cowardly. But as we grow older we are forced to change our way of thinking. We are forced to realize that letting go means accepting things that cannot be. It means maturing and moving on, no matter how hard you have to fight yourself to do so.