Tolerance and Forgiveness Give Enormous
Strength
We never know what life
is going to unfold at the next turn. Different people seem to have different
philosophies of life. But the divine virtues of tolerance and forgiveness can give
enormous strength, to turn the
tables at the crucial moments in life. There is
a level of understanding that each individual has, not to say that we are
trying to compare the knowledge of people, but we are highlighting the
importance of tolerance and of forgiveness.
Offender Gets Overpowered by the Need for
Material Craving
The people, who know less,
tend to make intentional or unintentional mistakes. It is like a culprit or an
offender who gets so overpowered by the need for some material craving that an inappropriate action is taken in the hope that this would never be discovered. But this is the lack of knowledge, called ignorance on the part of the culprit or offender to think
in this fashion, because sooner or later the truth would be found out and the
culprit would be made to face the consequences of the committed offence.
Adopt the Attitude of Tolerance and
Forgiveness
When we know this, then
it is our responsibility to see that we adopt the attitude of tolerance and
forgiveness, tolerance for the effect that the offence has had on us and
forgiveness towards the culprit for perpetrating that offence. It becomes so
easy to tolerate and forgive when we know that the culprit is ignorant of the
natural laws and the horrifying consequences that would follow for a very long
time even after the dark moments of the offence have elapsed.
The Two Sides of the Same Coin
Now it is important to
look at the two sides of the same coin, on one side the culprit has acted out
of ignorance and has sowed the seeds of misery and misfortune to be harvested
later. On the other hand we can fall prey to this evil design by retaliating to
the offence, and in turn commit another offence and get into the trap to
harvest the crop of misfortune & misery in response to the offence
committed by us. The beauty of our evolution lies in our proactively escaping
this design of getting directly or indirectly involved with the offence.
You Have Just Three Options to Chose From
There are three options in
which this can be done effectively, the way adopted would depend on a lot of
controllable as well as uncontrollable factors affecting this whole
phenomenon.
- The first way is to ensure that you are keeping a high vigil
all times, to ensure that any attempts, whatsoever are nipped in the bud, without
having to worry about anything else. But this approach has two draw backs,
as this form of vigilance may need a great deal of resources , which may
not be possible for all concerned and the other disadvantage is , that the
proactive vigil also leads to divided attention on other major goals which
you plan to pursue. Thus the combined effect shall be that the vigil may
cost you a goal or two in your life.
- The second way could be to keep a tab on the offence,
but do not get overtly involved with the vigil. Ensure that your vigil is
not directed at finding fault with the offender but to effect course
correction to the best possible extent by minimizing the damage by way of
the offence. Doing this, you will get a lot of undivided attention and
focus on the important life goals you have set for yourself.
- The third approach could be to totally ignore the
offence and instead treat the offender as ignorant
and surge ahead with
your life goals with undivided attention and energy,this will help you live fearlessly for achieving maximum peace and effectiveness in your life.
At first glance you may
feel that the third approach is the worst approach, but on having another view
you would realize that the third approach is in-fact the best approach as it
respects the freedom of human spirit as well as the decision to choose
proactive practice of tolerance and forgiveness. This also takes into account
the accomplishment of your own life goals as well as the evolution process of
the offender under consideration.
God Bless
Success N Synergy
We never know what life
is going to unfold at the next turn. Different people seem to have different
philosophies of life. But the divine virtues of tolerance and forgiveness can give
enormous strength, to turn the
The people, who know less,
tend to make intentional or unintentional mistakes. It is like a culprit or an
offender who gets so overpowered by the need for some material craving that an inappropriate action is taken in the hope that this would never be discovered. But this is the lack of knowledge, called ignorance on the part of the culprit or offender to think
in this fashion, because sooner or later the truth would be found out and the
culprit would be made to face the consequences of the committed offence.
When we know this, then
it is our responsibility to see that we adopt the attitude of tolerance and
forgiveness, tolerance for the effect that the offence has had on us and
forgiveness towards the culprit for perpetrating that offence. It becomes so
easy to tolerate and forgive when we know that the culprit is ignorant of the
natural laws and the horrifying consequences that would follow for a very long
time even after the dark moments of the offence have elapsed. 
Now it is important to
look at the two sides of the same coin, on one side the culprit has acted out
of ignorance and has sowed the seeds of misery and misfortune to be harvested
later. On the other hand we can fall prey to this evil design by retaliating to
the offence, and in turn commit another offence and get into the trap to
harvest the crop of misfortune & misery in response to the offence
committed by us. The beauty of our evolution lies in our proactively escaping
this design of getting directly or indirectly involved with the offence.
There are three options in
which this can be done effectively, the way adopted would depend on a lot of
controllable as well as uncontrollable factors affecting this whole
phenomenon. 
and surge ahead with
your life goals with undivided attention and energy,this will help you live fearlessly for achieving maximum peace and effectiveness in your life.
