Guest guest Posted November 21, 2002 Report Share Posted November 21, 2002 I have been thru a terrible crisis of sorts over the week end. My anger got the better of me and I hurt a very very dear friend saying things I would never ever dream of saying to anyone, leave alone a best friend! I realised my mistake and have been full of remorse and shame and the feelings of guilt and falling in my own eyes wont leave me. My friend has only given me goodness all along, but I yet cannot understand why I slipped up the way I did. I havent known any peace as my own words keep ringing back in my ears. I am looking for peace. My friend has been large hearted enough to forgive me, but I know I have hurt him deeply. How can I repair this damage to our peace of mind? Meditation too doesnt seem to help. scribe57 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2002 Report Share Posted November 22, 2002 I would like to narrate a small story in this regard. A boy was brought up very affectionately by his parents, as he was born after a very long time to them. His dad especially was well respected in the village and everyone loved the boy when he was young. But eventually, the boy got spoilt due to the excessive love he was getting and started taking to bad habits and went to the extent of troubling the neighbourhood. The residents of the village put up with this for sometime, but then decided to tell his father about it. His father felt very sad on listening to this and assured them that he would do something about it very soon. Some days later, the boy noticed that one of the doors in the house was full of nails driven into them. He asked his dad about this, to which the dad told that, " son...everytime i heard a complaint about you form the villagers, i drove a nail into this door " . The boy really felt sad and was shocked at the number of nails on the door and decided to mend his ways. After a few days the nails on the door started disappearing and totally went off. To this, the dad said, " now that you have changed your ways and made amends for it, everytime I hear something good about you form the villagers, i removed a nail from the door " . But then the boy said, " dad, the nails are gone, but the holes left by them are still visible " . To this the dad said, " son, though you have changed, and done amends, the impressions left by your acts, still remain in people's minds, just as the impressions left by the nails on the door " . Similarly, everything that we do leaves an impression on other's minds. Even though we make amends, the impressions left by our deeds take a much longer time to disappear. Only time can reduce the intensity of the impressions we leave. This story was told to us, by our Gurudev. Radhe Krishna -- Pradeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2002 Report Share Posted November 22, 2002 >>>>>....Similarly, everything that we do leaves an impression on other's minds. Even though we make amends, the impressions left by our deeds take a much longer time to disappear. Only time can reduce the intensity of the impressions we leave.<<<<<<<<<< Indeed. My words too have created a deep hurt in my friends mind and its going to take time I know. Thankyou very much. I understand the gist of this and hope to incorporate something into my life, my behaviour....... scribe57 Catch all the cricket action. Download Score tracker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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