“At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark
from another person. Each one of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of
those who have lighted the flame within us”
:-ALBERT SCHWEITZER
Whenever I read these lines by Albert schwintzer, the Noble
peace prize winner and a wonderful philosopher I always think that everyone of
us has received help, support or guidance from other people at particular times
in our life when we needed it most. Sometimes another person alters the course
of our life through their encouragement, guidance or just being there at the
right time. And then life goes on, and we tend to forget those times when one
person touched us or changed our life. Sometimes we don’t even realize the
impact a person had until well into the future, when we look back in our life
and realize that a particular person was pivotal in magically changing the
direction of our life for better.
The person may have been a teacher or coach, an uncle or aunt,
sibling, grandparent, or any family member or friend. They may have been the
person who introduced us to our current partner or to a particular interest
that became one of our greatest passions. May be they are someone we didn’t
even know and they appeared in our life very briefly, performing a random act
of kindness that touched us to the core.
My mother gave me my love for spirituality, she is the one who
introduced me to the world of purity, she disciplined me with a steel hand to
say thank you, to help others, to feel the emotions of others. I am always
grateful to her for the huge influence she has on the course of my life.
Whereas my father introduced me to the world of
responsibilities, he always insisted me to do my work on my own, from the early childhood he gave me many
opportunities to find myself, to understand what life is all about and how to
live well in the life,,,,
So there are numerous people apart from parents and sibling
who teaches us a lot, I would like to thank each and every person who have been
in my life as I have learned something from each of them……i am full of gratitude to all
my friends, relatives for all their sweet and bitter words coz their admiration
or criticism have impacted on my life for better.
I just learned it today that we should “Always spare some time
to thanks all such people once in day that once lighted the flame within us”
i did it,,,now its your turn........:-))
Love
Kiran
