Are we teaching our kids to say lie everyday?

How many times do we say our kids “Close your eyes and sleep, otherwise police will come” or distract them from the mobile they want by pretending as if crow took it or it got lost? Why can't we speak that it is time to sleep or you cannot play with the mobile.

One fine day when kid comes back with the excuse that my friend broke the toy, we would scold him for telling a lie. Why cannot we speak the truth from very beginning, from the day child is born? Do we think they are too small to understand truth or we are finding easy way out to tackle the situation? Are we putting the responsibility of our inability of handling the kid on innocence of the little kid? Are we not compromising with the righteousness or “Dharma” of being a parent? Are we not teaching them to tell a lie everyday?  If the foundation of building is weak, can we dream of building skyscraper over it?

Let us revive the Dharma of parenting to build a responsible society and a nation; ultimately let us make our contribution in making this world a happy place to live.

Acknowledgement: I express my heartfelt gratitude to the group of enlightened souls called Golok Express,  for bestowing me with the knowledge that I could write this article. Many thanks to the LORD for choosing me as an instrument to spread this knowledge.

Disclaimer- This blog does not promote any religion, faith or sectarian thought. This blog is platform for sharing my journey to spiritualism. I apologize if any of the thought expressed in this blog is against any religious faith or belief.

Do you see the glass half empty or half full?

“I could not keep up to my commitments?”

“I am learning to make realistic commitments and I do not repent even if I achieve 80%.”

“My child is no more among top ten students in the class?”

“My child could not make to top ten but I know he is good at concepts.”

“I wish I could reach back home early?”

“I have less time at home, let me give my 100% percent to my family.”

Have you ever pondered the kind of stories we tell to oneself, can actually make or break our day? It is all about whether we can see the glass half empty or half full; it could be the glass of our commitments, expectations, plans, or each and every moment of our life. When expectations are not met, we can either lament or realize it is best to expect from oneself than from others. We can either think, “ I am a failure.” or “ I can do better.” We can live life the way it unfolds or pave the way for better tomorrow.

One might argue that seeing the glass always half full is actually a sign of procrastination or laziness. There is very fine difference between being encouraging to oneself, belittling oneself, or fooling oneself.  Only a person of true inner strength can remain in state of encouragement and move up the ladder of life; such person sets goals seeing on which step of ladder he has reached rather than looking at what height his friends or colleagues are.

Why do we try to belittle oneself everyday? Why an effort is not acknowledged until it is substantial?  Can one drive a car for 100 km by putting just one liter of petrol? Do you think our body needs petrol of encouragement to reach our ultimate destination, the abode of Almighty? After all we all are on journey to reach the Almighty and the key for making this journey enjoyable is to see our glass always half full.

Acknowledgement: I express my heartfelt gratitude to the group of enlightened souls called Golok Express,  for bestowing me with the knowledge that I could write this article. Many thanks to the LORD for choosing me as an instrument to spread this knowledge.

Disclaimer- This blog does not promote any religion, faith or sectarian thought. This blog is platform for sharing my journey to spiritualism. I apologize if any of the thought expressed in this blog is against any religious faith or belief.