How do we effectively use language to spread the good, kindness and beauty of the world? How do we use language to make the world a bette place? More often than not, we use language to hurt people, to cause pain. Think of the number of times a certain vulgar word coming out of your mouth out of anger? Think of the number of times you have been on the receiving end of such words? We might have laughed it off, attributing it to our short tempered-ness, but underneath, had we really been hurt by it, no matter whether the person meant it or not? Think again:)

Here's a little story to see how we can make this world a better place, full of compassionate people, and how language can cause this change:)

A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said: “I am blind, please help.” There were only a few coins in the hat.
A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words.
He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would see the new words.

Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, “Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?”
The man said, “I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a different way.”
What he had written was: “Today is a beautiful day and I cannot see it.”
Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?
Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply said the boy was blind. The second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind. Should we be surprised that the second sign was more effective?


Something for you who reads it:)

“I asked for Strength…and I was given difficulties to make me strong. I asked for Wisdom…and I was given problems to solve. I asked for Prosperity…and I was given a brain and brawn to work. I asked for Courage…and I was given obstacles to overcome. I asked for Love…and I was given troubled people to help. I asked for Favours…and I was given opportunities. I received nothing I wanted, but I received everything I needed. Live life without fear, confront all obstacles and know that you can overcome them.”