Interesting story
I was watching a story the other day of a police officer who met with a dreadful accident in the line of duty, an accident which completely ruined his face, hands and severely bruised his body, to the point that his face needed complete plastic surgery. After going through such great trauma, the first thing this guy did was return to the line of duty again. Inspite of the irrepairable damage to his body, and knowing that he would never be able to serve in the same capacity as he had been accustomed to before or would have liked to, he returned to the police force to do what little he could for law enforcement. There are people who would have sat home and/or brooded about what life took away from them, felt self-pity, blamed others for their problems.
But not this man. He was pro-active enough to take all the suffering he had to go through and turn it into something positive not just for himself, but for the larger society. Such people and their lives prove that heroes exist not just in stories but in real life too. The only common bond between heroes in all walks of life is probably that they don't aim to be heroes, they just do their work, as best and as sincerely as they can.
Many people need to learn that its easy to make statements about morals, rights and wrongs, about other people and its just very difficult to be honest to what one says and preaches to others in ones own life, those that suceed, serve as examples to others, those that fail, have the oppurtunity to try and learn from their failure or they have the oppurtunity to give up and blame others for their failures. Like many other things in life, its a personal choice. Our personal choices in life, define who we are. We may like to not take responsibility for our choices, but finally the buck stops with us and the internal knowledge of that can often be helpful to get rid of unnecessary negative stereotypes of those around us. Its also always amazing how the greatest amount of self-pity comes from men who have not or do not wish to try to do anything honest with themselves. This is not a judgement or an indictment of people I have seen or known, who am I to do that? But its just an odd observation, that the process of trying to be honest and sincere to yourself, is such a battle with the external world many a time, but brings a man so much 'clarity' and serenity inside, that all the difficulties seem worth it.
Conversely, a man who feels sorry for himself, tends to blame others for his problems and is more interested in making 'announcements' or 'pronouncements' to the outside world, is a broken man inside. The desire to grow internally and the desire to prove something to somebody else always tend to go in opposite directions.
The point is there are people who are honest and compassionate, in spite of many problems they confront, u've just got to learn from your mistakes, past and present, give yourself and others the leeway to make mistakes and learn from them. Those who learn, keep moving, those who don't, stay ignorant.
But not this man. He was pro-active enough to take all the suffering he had to go through and turn it into something positive not just for himself, but for the larger society. Such people and their lives prove that heroes exist not just in stories but in real life too. The only common bond between heroes in all walks of life is probably that they don't aim to be heroes, they just do their work, as best and as sincerely as they can.
Many people need to learn that its easy to make statements about morals, rights and wrongs, about other people and its just very difficult to be honest to what one says and preaches to others in ones own life, those that suceed, serve as examples to others, those that fail, have the oppurtunity to try and learn from their failure or they have the oppurtunity to give up and blame others for their failures. Like many other things in life, its a personal choice. Our personal choices in life, define who we are. We may like to not take responsibility for our choices, but finally the buck stops with us and the internal knowledge of that can often be helpful to get rid of unnecessary negative stereotypes of those around us. Its also always amazing how the greatest amount of self-pity comes from men who have not or do not wish to try to do anything honest with themselves. This is not a judgement or an indictment of people I have seen or known, who am I to do that? But its just an odd observation, that the process of trying to be honest and sincere to yourself, is such a battle with the external world many a time, but brings a man so much 'clarity' and serenity inside, that all the difficulties seem worth it.
Conversely, a man who feels sorry for himself, tends to blame others for his problems and is more interested in making 'announcements' or 'pronouncements' to the outside world, is a broken man inside. The desire to grow internally and the desire to prove something to somebody else always tend to go in opposite directions.
The point is there are people who are honest and compassionate, in spite of many problems they confront, u've just got to learn from your mistakes, past and present, give yourself and others the leeway to make mistakes and learn from them. Those who learn, keep moving, those who don't, stay ignorant.
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