The man who defined humanity
The story about a man and his act of kindness
“The simplest acts of kindness are by far more powerful than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.” ― Mahatma Gandhi
“Don’t touch kindness, or you won’t be the same again. Touch it, and it will turn you into a human.” — Simran Kankas
That’s one way of looking at it.
I have always tried to be compassionate with people. I try to be kind-hearted all the time. Every time I read news about children being abused or people dying out of poverty, my heart screams aloud. I love helping poor and needy people. But sometimes I feel that’s not enough.
Someone once told me, “Don’t be a go-giver, or else, you will be left empty-handed.” I don’t understand how people can think that way. Don’t they have any conscience in their hearts?
“If you don’t consider other people to be human, You are calling yourself an animal.” — Simran Kankas
Some said, “The world seems innocent, but it’s very cunning. It’s full of people wearing the mask of poverty and innocence.”
Well, I don’t know if any of that is true at all. My heart does not believe so.
The one thing that I know for sure is that
“If we know that the world is a cruel place or it is full of bad people, then we should try harder to make it a good place, where we can feel safe.”
As I am talking about kindness, which is a part of humanity, I cannot forget to mention the man who defined humanity. Many of you may have heard great stories about Gandhi. Today I am writing one particular story that touched my heart like many others.
One day, when Gandhi was boarding a train, one of his shoes slipped off and fell off the track. He tried to pick up the shoe, but could not as the train had gained speed. Gandhi immediately took off the other shoe, while the other passengers were watching, and threw it down on the track at the spot where the first shoe was stuck.
When the fellow passengers asked Gandhi why he did so, Gandhi smiled and said, “Someone who finds one of my shoes, will find the other one too, and he will have a pair he can use.”
What a great man he was!
I wonder if we were in the same situation, how we would have reacted. Would have…probably cried over the lost shoe and ruined the rest of the journey.
We have heard the phrase -“Lead by example.” Gandhi did it. It’s time for us to do the same.
“My Life is My Message.” ― Mahatma Gandhi
Talking about humanity is one thing, and doing some humanitarian work is another.
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