Happy
Visakhabucha Day!
What I was
thinking of sharing fits well with today ka.
Recently, as
my niece was trying on her brand new car’s “auto parking” function, the
auto wasn’t smart enough and it hit a parked car ka.
She was
about to go to see a movie and her junior friends told her not to do
anything as the driver wouldn’t know who did it. She didn’t listen to them
(to my delight!) and wrote a note to post on that car for the driver to call
her once he/she came out. My niece came out of the movie theater to meet
her and managed the insurance settlement.
When she
told us about it, I said I was very proud of her to do so! In fact, she could
be a good model for her junior friends too but I didn’t get to tell her.
I also
shared what I did several days earlier. At a building escalator, I was walking
behind an elderly lady who carried heavy bags and had to sort of balance
herself. Since we had to walk past a door to enter the building, I walked a
bit faster to open the door and wait for her. It made me feel real good to
do so (and I have to thank an American lady who showed this kind gesture to me
when I was in New York years ago too….when I was still young carrying very few
stuff ka!)
Then, my sister-in-law
said what she did early that day could count too. She was sitting on a sofa
with an overweight lady. When the lady was about to get out of the seat, my
sister-in-law who is a very small lady got up first to offer her arm to that
lady. Both laughed and the lady took the offer ka.
After we
shared the stories, I said ‘We are in บ้านความดี (House of Virtue)!
We shared not to boast what we’ve done, but we shared to
feel good about what should be done and it further boosts our desire to do more
ka!
May we all
have increased inner peace and joy to offer namjai (caring) to others whenever
we can na ka!
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