On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 11:49 AM, Charles Haynes <[email protected]>wrote:
> Where 'this' is to be in denial about making mistakes. > Some of us are just human. > You seem to be illustrating the resistance described in the story! I > would say that we would learn more humility, compassion, and > tolerance. By willing to accept our own imperfections we should > naturally become more accepting of the mistakes of others (and vice > versa.) > Willing to... should become... would learn... <-- Ideal situation. There's an interesting story I read when I was kid. Narada, a heavenly being, claims to be the biggest devotee of Lord Vishnu. Vishnu promptly points out a farmer who chants his name a couple of times a day and says that the farmer is the bigger devotee. Narada takes offence and Vishnu transforms him into a human to live the life of a human. Narada lives in our world and throughout his life goes through tribulations and suffering without once saying Vishnu's name. When he goes back to Vishnu, he accepts that the farmer is the greater devotee. I point out this story to illustrate that most of us have become so engrossed in living out our lives that we don't have time to implement the "Willing to... should become... would learn... " part. Yes, there are people who do it. They are, in all probabilities, not fighting a financial battle (either well off or too poor). The sad "middle class" humans hardly find time to evolve amidst work, kids, traffic, financial woes and such. I am not living in a world of make believe to think otherwise. Life is only interesting if we are intolerant of our mistakes? I > certainly hope not. I don't know about you, but I I don't expect to > stop making mistakes to learn from any time soon... > I expect to make mistakes till the day I die, sometimes I might do it more than once without learning from it the first time. I am ok with that. --Venkat
