Why are you Shouting?

My friend Asaithambi sent me this story. Short story, Great lesson.

A saint asked his disciples, 'Why do we shout in anger?

Why do people shout at each other when they are upset?'

Disciples thought for a while, one of them said, 'Because we lose our calm, we shout for that.'

'But, why to shout when the other person is just next to you?' asked the saint.
'Isn't it possible to speak to him or her with a soft voice?
Why do you shout at a person when you're angry?'

Disciples gave some other answers but none satisfied the saint.

Finally he explained, 'When two people are angry at each other, their hearts distance a lot.
To cover that distance they must shout to be able to hear each other.
The angrier they are, the stronger they will have to shout to hear each other through that great distance.'

Then the saint asked, 'What happens when two people fall in love?
They don't shout at each other but talk softly, why?
Because their hearts are very close. The distance between them is very small...'

The saint continued, 'When they love each other even more, what happens?
They do not speak, only whisper and they get even closer to each other in their love.
Finally they even need not whisper, they only look at each other and that's all.
That is how close two people are when they love each other.'

When you argue do not let your hearts get distant, do not say words that distance each other more, else there will come a day when the distance is so great that you will not find the path to return.

A person is a person...

Few days back my brother suggested me the film- Horton! It’s an elephant animation film. I thought the film would be a funny one like Kung Fu Panda. But altogether it’s a surprise.

Horton is an elephant in the Nool jungle governed by a Kangaroo. He got a speck of dust, in which a whole village lives (Believe it! Its a story...). He talks to the people of Whoville (the village) and promises to help them. What he has to do? To keep the speck in a safe place. That’s all!

But the Kangaroo, doesn't believe in the Horton's saying and trying to stop it.

At the end, the Horton succeeds in keeping both the speck and the people safe.

Why Horton wants to save the speck and the small people? He says " a person is a person; no matter how small."

This is a movie not for kids; the children can't understand it. Though the story is childish, the moral is not. Think, daily how many people are coming across us? To how many of them we give due respect? Somebody may ask why we respect them.

Everybody is like you; have the equal right to live here. Everybody is like you; have a lot of errors within them. Everybody is like you; physically and mentally. We are not going to lose anything by throwing a smile, by giving a hand, by offering a hug.

Love everybody, if you want yourself to be lovable. Respect everybody if you deserve any respect.

After all " a person is a person; no matter how small."