TOWARDS HUMAN EXCELLENCE – T H E 4

THE 4
AN EXPERIENCE WITH A GROUP

In the sixties, a group met every month to exchange news and notes of excellence interest.

For example, one month we heard the story of a couple who were doing some excellent work in the Malavli village.

Thanks to their intervention, the average yearly income of the poor households doubled!

The couple were from Bombay – the lady was workinh for the AG office and her husband for the western railway.

They happened to listen to a talk of Vinoba Bhave and they were so moved that they decided to quit their job and work for these hapless people.

At one of the discussions following such meetings it was observed that the positive energy level of those who attended the meetings went up and stayed that way for quite a few days.

In other words, even hearing a good human excellence story is a paying proposition.

TOWARDS SELF GROWTH – TSG III

TOWARDS SELF GROWTH – TSG 3
From the time we get up to the time we go to bed, we are doing one thing or another.
Each one of them lends itself to review and revision.
With or without someone else’s help.
When we do that, what we do and how we do will have a degree of freshness.
So often, we do the same things the same way.
We tend to be mechanical in that sense.
This need not be.
There is much promise before us.
When we do what we are not currently doing, it is more so.

TOWARDS SEEDS OF ENTERPRISE 3

TOWARDS SEEDS OF ENTERPRISE – TSE –3
This can be an item of discussion when we meet people.

We can ask: What enterprise will make for a better life?

For a few or many is secondary.

A supplementary question can be: Does this enterprise or close to it exist elsewhere in the world?

A logical next question will be:

Can we start it with or without anyone’s help?

And when will be the inauguration?

TSE 2

TOWARDS SEEDS OF ENTERPIRSE 2
Enterprise means productive employment,
More enterprises mean more opportunities for employment.
Such enterprises surface each day in many places
I wish the dailies spot them and splash them as welcome news.
Not in a stray way but in a special way.
The special way will mean collecting such stories and placing them in one place.
The special can also mean a special display.
It can also highlight what human need the enterprise is addressing.

TOWARDS SELF GROWTH – TSG II

TSG II

We can take to the practice of writing a diary.

The theme of the diary can be the self-examination we did that day.

I say that day because it may not be every day.

The act may not be big or small.

It is the thought, it is the action of review that matters.

Such a thought may lead us to an insight, to a finding.

Our hindsight can prove to be someone’s foresight.

This someone can be just a family member.

This may well be one of our contributions to posterity.

T H E I –2

T H E I –2
A story is told of Dharmaputra and Duryodana, leading characters in the epic Mahabharata.

Both were visiting their common friend and counselor Krishna, one after the other, for a consultation.

Krishna told them: “I will think about it. Meanwhile, please go around this town and spot some people about whom you can say a good word.”

Duryodana returned first. “What a horrid job you gave me, Krishna! I cannot spot a SINGLE PERSON about whom I can say a good word.”

I am sorry you have to on this wasteful errand, said Krishna.

Dharmaputa returned smiling. “What a pleasant job you gave me! I cannot find a single person about whom I CANNOT say a good word. Every one is great in one or more ways.”

We may consider doing daily this exercise – the exercising of finding someone about whom we can say a good word, a big, good word.

Some one is doing some job very well. Many people are doing some jobs very well.

If we keep our eyes open, we can find them.

And then we will have something, someone to talk about.