WHEN THE SHADOW OF SHAME AND GUILT GOES
There is a lesson I am still limping hard to learn: Not to be so adamant to correct some one, when he has just committed his mistake. As a teacher, the urge to correct someone comes instinctively to me… I get into the preaching mold automatically and try to bring to the attention of the concerned student his mistake – whatever be it – when, perhaps, he is dying to hide himself… Yes, I am, now, speaking about such a phenomenon, in retrospect. My earliest memories in school and at home, on committing my mistakes, are still fresh in my mind: I was ashamed and guilty every time I committed my own ‘little’ mistakes. And, I literally died in my heart to hide those mistakes from the public glare… I prayed that my teachers and parents did not make a mention about my mistakes when I was still under the shadow of shame and guilt… When I was scared, worried and defensive. But, then, my teachers and parents did exactly what I am doing today! Perhaps, I might be ...