A blind man was once sitting
on the street with a sign board which read-‘I
AM BLIND,PLEASE HELP ME.’Many passed by. Some felt pity on the man and dropped
him coins.A woman passed by.She worked in an advertisement company. As she
passed by, an idea struck her. She walked back, took the sign board and
scribbled something different. All those who passed by started dropping in coins
and within a few hours his hat was full .The blind man did not know what miracle
had happened. In the evening the lady on her way back from office happened to
pass by the blind man again .He recognized the woman by her voice. He asked her-
what did you do to my sign board. She replied, I changed the words and it seems
to have worked well for you. I just wrote -“It’s a
beautiful day and I can’t see it”.It touched the hearts of many .They
empathized and it caused the miracle.
A slight change in our words could make a world of
difference. The same message conveyed with different words and a different
voice modulation can bring about change in our attitude as well as that of the
others.Try this tip to experience real happiness. This can be applied to any
sphere of life that we are involved in.
It can be applied to our personal life.Be it with people at home
or in office or with people whom we meet on the way. Every individual has a
deep thirst for peace and happiness. All hunt for ‘the treasure box of happiness’,
not knowing its origin and where it lies. So how do we get it? What is the
secret? Nothing but being content and making others happy by our words and
deeds. Yes, dear folks- Happiness is a give and take commodity. It lies within
us.It’s internal.We are responsible for being and not being happy because we
are its creator. Our ignorance of its source has created havoc and hence we
were unable to use the treasure that God given us in the intended way. In this
high-tech world we all are like machines.We have become so blind that we are unable
to experience what is within us, around us and we walk around in search of
happiness knocking door after door. Everyone should keep aside time for self-evaluations
or introspection, which is the best technique to know who we are. Fifteen minutes
meditation will give us a clear picture of our own self. Start loving yourself
first, only then one can radiate happiness to others. A candle has to be lit to
radiate light similarly, we have to bring about necessary changes within us to
be happy, which is the ‘I am Okay,You are Okay position’.
Happiness is the most valuable treasure and can be experienced only
if we have the right mental make up to see
others happy as we are.The first move should be ours.Take it bravely.
Don’t wait for others to take a move.Be selfish in the first move and then you
can enjoy the fruit of happiness all throughout your life.Reach out to your
fellow human beings when they are in need. Thus by making others happy we will be
internally driven than externally. Happiness is internal whereas pleasure is external.
The difference between the two is that pleasure has a short life, whereas
happiness has a long life. This explains why the inner satisfaction we
experience out of helping others stays with us lifelong and the thought of it
gives us mental satisfaction and a good feeling which cannot be expressed by
words. Real happiness is the life force that keeps us moving ahead.
In this story of the
blind man, it was a give and take act that took place instinctively and
intritively. The blind man could earn his living with his disability and the
woman who scribbled on the sign board acted as a catalyst that brought in a
livelihood for him. She by her act opened the eyes of thousands of people who
passed by his side.For this, she first of all opened her inner eye to feel
empathetically for the blind man. Her act of kindness has filled her with happiness and lifelong satisfaction
which elevated her to a different plane. Do a good deed daily. Teach your children
through your words and actions. A minute difference in your inner self can make
a great difference. Try these tips and experience the real happiness in you. Be
compassionate to your fellow human beings. Isn’t that real happiness?
Experience this joy yourself.
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Hi Josephine,
ReplyDeleteWelcome to the World of Bloggers!
Its really good to be here to read such
a well thought out write-up, Good theme
you presented it with the small illustration
of the blind man and the lady. Yes, such
small acts and words can change lives.
sometime back i posted a post almost
similar to this, Thank You the Magic word
Keep writing
Keep inform
best
Philip Ariel
PS:
Pl. take out the word verification from here so that your readers can post their comments very easily, this you can do it by visiting your dashboard's setttings
Thanks
Phil
Thanku so much for ur encouragement , positive feed back and valuable suggestion. This article is my first posting.
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