Saturday 15 August 2009

The Value of your values, and the value of your valuables.

The Mahatma was quizzed one day on how fitting his attire (or lack of it) was in front of the ‘Sahib’. It was regarding whether he would be put into a position of discomfiture when he met them in their suits and collars.

He said thus: “I Value your ‘Values’, not the Value of your Valuables”
Brings to mind situations where you like something which is alien, sometimes where you just accept it without prejudice. Raising a toast is a perfect example: more than once have I thought: Why am I doing this which is not part of my culture, not part of ‘I’…

The above clarifies this position in most cases where we are in a ‘fix’…Maybe it is just respect for their values, or is it something else…….

M Kalipurayath
Yet another Onam coming up - 2009

Sunday 2 August 2009

Fade and Etch

There was a quaint coastal village in Kerala which had a picturesque beach leading up to a majestic cliff wall. Here once lived Ramu and Raju, two village children who happened to be very thick pals. They were always found to be together.

One day, while playing on the beach, they had a fight – as children (and more often the older variants) are bound to do. As an immediate solution, Ramu hit Raju and told him that they would no more be friends. Raju, deeply hurt, went and sat on the sands of the beach, watching the waves. After some time, he wrote thus on the sand – “Today Ramu and I decided not to be friends anymore”.Ramu, on contemplation of events, started feeling lousy. After some time, he went up to Raju, and after hugging him, apologized profusely. On the turn of events thus, a very happy Raju walked up to the Rocks of the cliff and taking a sharp stone, carved and etched thus on to the rock – “Today Ramu and I continue to be the best friends we always were”.
Paste your bad memories where it can be washed away easily, the good ones – etch them onto you where it can never be taken away. M. Kalipurayath
The Monsoon, 2009