time will heal our wounds.......။

Trouble passes. What has caused you to burst into tears

today will soon be forgotten; you may remember that you

cried but it is unlikely that you will remember what you

cried about! As we grow up and go through life, if we

remember this we shall often be surprised to find how we

lie awake at night brooding something that has happened

to upset us during the day, or how we nurse resentment

against someone and keep on letting the same thoughts

run through our minds about how we are going to have our

own back against the person who has harmed us. We may

fall into a rage over something and later wonder what it

was we were so angry about. And being surprised, we can

realise what a waste of time and energy it has all been,

and how we have deliberately gone on being unhappy

when we could have stopped it and started to think about

something else.

Whatever our troubles, however grievous they may

appear, time will heal our wounds. But surely there must

be something we can do to prevent ourselves from being

hurt in the first place. Why should we allow people and

troubles to drain our energy and make us unhappy? The

answer is, of course, that they do not, it is we who make

ourselves unhappy.

You may have had some trouble in your office or the place

where you work but you should not bring or extend such

troubles to your home and create a bad atmosphere.

You should realise that there is a cure or an end to those

problems and troubles which are to be found by achieving

freedom from our selfish desires and by eradicating all

forms of confusion and ignorance.

Whenever we fail to find a solution to any problem, we are

inclined to find a scapegoat, someone against whom we

can vent our grievance. We are not prepared to admit our

own shortcomings. We feel it is easier to put the blame on

others and to nurture a grievance against someone. In

fact, some of us take pleasure in so doing. This is a

completely wrong attitude. We must not show resentment

or to be angry towards others. We should do our utmost,

painstakingly and calmly, to resolve our own problems.

We must be prepared to face up to any difficulties that we

may encounter.