Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Scary reaction leading to self-blame
They cannot bear to hear the truth about themselves. When they hear it, they can only do one of two things. Yell at you, or lock themselves in a room and cry. Both scare me. What should I do? Not telling the truth makes me suffer. Telling the truth makes me suffer. Do you see another side to the coin? Looks like this is a biased coin, just like unfair life. What would you do? Suffer or suffer?
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Hahha.
ReplyDeleteI remember this padyam from Sumati shatakam:
ఎప్పటి కెయ్యది ప్రస్తుత
మప్పటికా మాటలాడి, యన్యుల మనముల్
నొప్పించకఁ దా నొవ్వకఁ
దప్పించుకుఁ దిరుగువాఁడు ధన్యుఁడు సుమతీ.
eppaTiki eyyadi prastutam appaTiki A mATalu ADi, anyula manamul noppinchaka, taanovvaka, tappinchuku tirugu vaadu dhanyudu sumatee.
Meaning: Speaking only the relevant stuff, without hurting others' feelings and without hurting one's own feelings, one who escapes (all the scornful things) is the virtuous person.
but whatever happened to be truthful, don't lie, don't cheat, honesty is the best policy?
ReplyDeleteJust come out of the SELF box.
ReplyDeleteThe one which minimizes the sufferings of others (than yours) to your reaction to the situation is better always.
It's true that I used to be INside the SELF box when I wrote this post.
ReplyDeleteBut now, ...
"The one which minimizes the sufferings of others (than yours) to your reaction to the situation is better always."
ReplyDeleteVERY nicely phrased. It's been long since I tried to come up with such small but wonderful statements.
I was searching for the poem and found this blog. So, thanks Raghava. Also the answer to bloggers dilemma lies in the poem. SO BRAVO RAGHAVA!
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting this poem.
ReplyDeletei was trying to translate this poem into english for one of my friends....thanks for the post.... i actually missed the word "tappinchuku" as i thought it might raise questions...but well explained ...
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