Paadham

Some people would have excelled in their field; the king, musician, architect, scientist, poet, alpinist ...  Only a handful of people ruled the world and everyone knows about them.  How many of us know Alexander, Beethoven, Neil Armstrong, Albert Einstein, Shakespeare, and George Mallory....?  If you ask rich or poor, literate or illiterate, upper class or middle class....., some of them say yes and some of them no. But everyone knows Gandhi, Teresa and Nelson Mandela. If you look at what made them to this level, it is none other than their WORDS. How did their words get so much power? Gandhi anchored his thoughts with ahimsa. Teresa served the community with love.  Nelson Mandela, it is obvious ahimsa. This has attracted all communities and disciplined them. They did not have money, land and braveness, but the power of words influenced everyone. Of course, the world accepted them and was ready to follow them. How can you influence your kids in home?  Let t...

I use the King County Metro bus for commute to work. I use three buses to reach the workplace and back to home. Some of the operators keep changing in some routes and some of them are regular. I used to greet the operator (driver) while getting in and thank him while getting off.  Some of the drivers greet in response and some of them not. I used to see a operator, who is regular in a particular route will not give attention to the greetings and thanks.  The days keep going.  After a month or two, he just started to nod for the greetings and thanks. Then he stated whispering thanks while getting off. The days keep going.  One day he greeted me before I greet him.   I got surprised.  It is nothing but the environment we create.  I always greeted him without expecting anything.  This created the positive environment.    I remember the positive environment created by "All is well" in '3-Idiots' Hindi movie.  Everything is ...