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Monday, September 04, 2006
Don't Blame The Lettuce
When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don’t blame the lettuce. You look into reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water, or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with our friends or our family, we blame the other person. But if we know how to take care of them, they will grow well, like lettuce. Blaming has no positive effect at all, nor does trying to persuade using reason and argument. That is my experience. No blame, no reasoning, no argument, just understanding. If you understand, and you show that you understand, you can love, and the situation will change.
Quoted from Thich Nhat Hanh’s book Peace Is Every Step
Something nice to share with everyone.
How true is it!
Its something easy to remember yet hard to achieve.
I think it applies to all, whether you're getting upset, angry, vexed or whatever emotions on any issue under the sun.
instead of blaming everyone or even yours, calm down and understand the situtation.
won't things turn out alot better? :)
cool down and understand!
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