TO BE NICE TO EACH OTHER

 



“Happiness is gentleness.”

Hugh Prather

“Gentleness towards self and others makes life a little lighter,” Said Deborah Day.

A little lighter, or a lot lighter? And, is being ‘lighter’ same as being ‘happier’?

The Wise say, that only the strong can be gentle; cruelty always comes from the weak.

I am very fond of, both, Barack Obama and his wife Michelle. There are scores of videos on YouTube, in which we get to see their interaction with a cross-section of people, both inside and outside the White House. It’s so delightful to watch how they treated people – all people – while they occupied the most powerful position in the world… They treated everyone with kindness and respect…

Is it not, then, true, that ‘Only the strong can be gentle’?

Deborah Day rightly points out, through the first part of her statement, that it’s not possible for us to be gentle towards others unless we are gentle towards self, first.

In one of the videos I watched a couple of days ago, Barack Obama is seen interacting with a li’l Black kid, widely known as ‘Kid President’. This kid’s visit to the White House is very endearing...  Watch this:

 

 

“The most important thing we can all do is to treat everyone with kindness and respect.” On the surface, it sounds like an adult’s advice to a kid. But, if we scratch it more, it carries a very sound advice to all of us: If we are nice to each other, this world can be a lot better place!

Today is our 74th Independence Day. What a place this land can be, if we all start treating each other with kindness and respect!

It may sound naive… But, I think, to embrace this advice, we all need to be li’l kids… Yes, it takes strength… to be kinder to self, and kinder to others.

A Happy Independence Day to all…

 

GERALD D’CUNHA

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Video: SoulPancake

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