Once a teacher took his class to a park
and asked them to observe the park for a short span of time but all of them
should not move from their location. After 5 minutes teacher asked each student
to share what he/she has noticed. One student mentioned that he felt cool breeze
which made him fresh and energetic. All students were cheered up by listening to
this comment as they also started feeling the same. Another student said that
green leaves and colorful flowers are an indication of life, hope and
prosperity. All students felt optimist about this comment. Another student said
that the silence in the surroundings and the yellow color of some of the leaves
made him sad, lonely and pessimist about life. To this comment, all other
students started yelling at him about being negative. The teacher asked the
student stop criticizing their fellow being and stay silent.
The teacher then said to his
students that each one of them was given the same kind of
situation/circumstances however each student had different observation and
feelings like being happy, sad, fresh, cheerful, pessimist, optimist etc however
by logic no one was completely wrong. The Teacher further elaborated that each
one of us is a unique personality. The observations and feelings of each
individual can be unique however we must not disgrace anyone about what he has
observed or felt. Our fellow beings can be slightly wrong, fully wrong or cent
percent right at different moments in life. The uniqueness of each individual is
as a result of his/her thought process, comprehension levels, mood swings, brought up, judgment style, vision & knowledge of the world,analytical skills and so on. However, the wisdom is to respect
the feeling and actions of each individual as much as possible. And in case we
want to correct someone, we must adapt a polite and decent approach and advice
to the person should not be given in public rather in private. This is to ensure
that respect and dignity of the person is not compromised.
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