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discovered that he was unable to tackle his naughty child, hit upon an idea when he saw a picture of
the world in a magazine. He tore the paper into pieces and told his son to solve the puzzle
congratulating himself on his innovative idea to keep his hyperactive child well occupied for a few
hours. To his dismay, the child came back in no time with the solved puzzle. When asked, the child
replied that behind the picture of the world there was a picture advertisement of a man in a suit. So he
assembled the pieces corresponding to the man and when he turned the puzzle over, the picture of
the world was also in place.
My student herself elaborated that it is a metaphor to let us know that we need not understand
the world and its problems. What we have to do is just understand ourselves where we stand and the
corrections we aspire within ourselves to be a better person today than what we were yesterday. If
we are in place, the world around us will also perfectly fall into place. She further explained that it is
very important to begin from oneself and to take responsibility for our choices, actions and habits and
not spending our energy in finding lame excuses to blame the world around us. That day, I felt that I
succeeded as a teacher and she, a student. I was so happy to know later that she had scored a
distinction in her exams.
To summarize, the following are what I found very important to explore, understand and evolve
if we have to excel in any avenue in our lives :-
Whatever we do unto others we do to ourselves, every action or inaction has a consequence
Whatever life blesses us with; we have all the freedom of choice to respond to situations and
people and the choices we make today impacts our tomorrows.
Whatever negative habits we have, we have to break the habit pattern; we might have to put
considerable energy into it.
Whatever we do or act, we have to remember our children are observing and learning from us.
We have to be a conscious [aware and beware] parent. Never forget their innocence helps
them to see through us. By aiming to
groom them, let us not guide them into a
life of pretense and artificiality.
Whatever we aspire to become in life, we
have to begin with our self and also believe
that we have been designed for greater
possibilities and take full responsibility for
our choices, habits and actions.
Blessings are one secret ingredient
which we must bow down to receive from
God, elders, well wishers and whosoever
matter to us. And this is possible by
prayers, good actions and deeds.
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