Comments on: Acts of Kindness Day Revisited – from the Big Give to to Remote Area Medical http://www.sharani.org/2008/03/17/acts-of-kindness-day-revisited-from-the-big-give-to-swami-vivekananda-to-remote-area-medical/ girl on a road Fri, 16 Jul 2010 06:25:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Sharani http://www.sharani.org/2008/03/17/acts-of-kindness-day-revisited-from-the-big-give-to-swami-vivekananda-to-remote-area-medical/comment-page-1/#comment-3430 Sharani Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:06:30 +0000 http://www.sharani.org/2008/03/17/acts-of-kindness-day-revisited-from-the-big-give-to-swami-vivekananda-to-remote-area-medical/#comment-3430 Thanks so much for sharing this beautiful poem Sankri. It is my first encounter with it. I especially like the part that says "When I asked God for Peace He showed me how to help others." Words to live by. Thanks so much for sharing this beautiful poem Sankri. It is my first encounter with it. I especially like the part that says “When I asked God for Peace He showed me how to help others.” Words to live by.

]]> By: Sankri http://www.sharani.org/2008/03/17/acts-of-kindness-day-revisited-from-the-big-give-to-swami-vivekananda-to-remote-area-medical/comment-page-1/#comment-3403 Sankri Tue, 03 Mar 2009 06:02:12 +0000 http://www.sharani.org/2008/03/17/acts-of-kindness-day-revisited-from-the-big-give-to-swami-vivekananda-to-remote-area-medical/#comment-3403 Yes, I certainly agree with you. It is not easy to practice these ideals. God has HIS way of teaching us, HIS children. Swami Vivekananda, wrote these: When I asked God for strength He gave me difficult situtaions to face When I asked God for Brain and Brown He gave me puzzless in life to solve When I asked God for Happiness He showed me some unhappy people When I asked God for Wealth He showed me how to work hard When I asked God for favors He showed me opportunities to work hard When I asked God for Peace He showed me how to help others God gave me nothing I wanted He gave me everything I needed This is the poem that keeps me going during my difficult times....Sorry to take up so much of the space for my comment........ Yes, I certainly agree with you. It is not easy to practice these ideals. God has HIS way of teaching us, HIS children. Swami Vivekananda, wrote these:

When I asked God for strength
He gave me difficult situtaions to face

When I asked God for Brain and Brown
He gave me puzzless in life to solve

When I asked God for Happiness
He showed me some unhappy people

When I asked God for Wealth
He showed me how to work hard

When I asked God for favors
He showed me opportunities to work hard

When I asked God for Peace
He showed me how to help others

God gave me nothing I wanted
He gave me everything I needed

This is the poem that keeps me going during my difficult times….Sorry to take up so much of the space for my comment……..

]]> By: Sharani http://www.sharani.org/2008/03/17/acts-of-kindness-day-revisited-from-the-big-give-to-swami-vivekananda-to-remote-area-medical/comment-page-1/#comment-3323 Sharani Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:47:16 +0000 http://www.sharani.org/2008/03/17/acts-of-kindness-day-revisited-from-the-big-give-to-swami-vivekananda-to-remote-area-medical/#comment-3323 Hi Sankri, thanks for visiting and reminding me of the importance to practise these ideals as a daily philosophy. Recently, I have been trying harder to treat the public whom I serve every day as a Reference Librarian in a public library as if God's presence is shining forth from their being or as if they were royalty. Do unto others would be the Christian perspective...actually living that precept is harder than it seems. Hi Sankri,
thanks for visiting and reminding me of the importance to practise these ideals as a daily philosophy. Recently, I have been trying harder to treat the public whom I serve every day as a Reference Librarian in a public library as if God’s presence is shining forth from their being or as if they were royalty. Do unto others would be the Christian perspective…actually living that precept is harder than it seems.

]]> By: Sankri http://www.sharani.org/2008/03/17/acts-of-kindness-day-revisited-from-the-big-give-to-swami-vivekananda-to-remote-area-medical/comment-page-1/#comment-3316 Sankri Wed, 25 Feb 2009 05:07:53 +0000 http://www.sharani.org/2008/03/17/acts-of-kindness-day-revisited-from-the-big-give-to-swami-vivekananda-to-remote-area-medical/#comment-3316 Greetings, Like your blog and the contents. Swami Vivekananda have said it rightly. Yes, I practice charity in my daily live, even if it is small and teach my children too. The changes have to start from us. Greetings,
Like your blog and the contents. Swami Vivekananda have said it rightly. Yes, I practice charity in my daily live, even if it is small and teach my children too. The changes have to start from us.

]]> By: Sharani http://www.sharani.org/2008/03/17/acts-of-kindness-day-revisited-from-the-big-give-to-swami-vivekananda-to-remote-area-medical/comment-page-1/#comment-317 Sharani Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:36:44 +0000 http://www.sharani.org/2008/03/17/acts-of-kindness-day-revisited-from-the-big-give-to-swami-vivekananda-to-remote-area-medical/#comment-317 Hi Rich, Your wonderful image of the difference the world would see if we could reverse the natural tendency to criticize and replace it with kindness reminds me of the Japanese Naikan philosophy I recently wrote about here. When you ask yourself the three questions of Naikan, one of them is to ponder what ways one might have caused trouble and suffering instead of the much easier task of counting the weaknesses of others and the world around us. I welcome each and every chance to turn my life in that direction and your comment is a perfect reminder to assist in that process. Hi Rich,
Your wonderful image of the difference the world would see if we could reverse the natural tendency to criticize and replace it with kindness reminds me of the Japanese Naikan philosophy I recently wrote about here.

When you ask yourself the three questions of Naikan, one of them is to ponder what ways one might have caused trouble and suffering instead of the much easier task of counting the weaknesses of others and the world around us. I welcome each and every chance to turn my life in that direction and your comment is a perfect reminder to assist in that process.

]]> By: Richard Becker http://www.sharani.org/2008/03/17/acts-of-kindness-day-revisited-from-the-big-give-to-swami-vivekananda-to-remote-area-medical/comment-page-1/#comment-316 Richard Becker Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:03:54 +0000 http://www.sharani.org/2008/03/17/acts-of-kindness-day-revisited-from-the-big-give-to-swami-vivekananda-to-remote-area-medical/#comment-316 "Be grateful that the poor man is there so that by making a gift to him." You are exactly right, of course. It's the very thought I had when I covered some posts. I was grateful they shared their stories as were many people who read them. And that makes all the difference. I have faith that someday more people might flop the human condition of allowing ourselves to criticize more freely than we allow ourselves to share a act of kindness. Great post Sharani. Best, Rich “Be grateful that the poor man is there so that by making a gift to him.”

You are exactly right, of course. It’s the very thought I had when I covered some posts. I was grateful they shared their stories as were many people who read them. And that makes all the difference.

I have faith that someday more people might flop the human condition of allowing ourselves to criticize more freely than we allow ourselves to share a act of kindness. Great post Sharani.

Best,
Rich

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