understanding the problems of others

The story below is written by my friend Nikhil, I decided to share it with you.
The train has started moving. It is packed with people of all ages, mostly with the working men and women and young college guys and gals. Near
the window, seated a old man with his 30 year old son. As the train
moves by, the son is overwhelmed with joy as he was thrilled with the
scenery outside..

" See dad, the scenery of green trees moving away is very beautiful"

This behavior from a thirty year old son made the other people feel
strange about him. Every one started murmuring something or other about this son.” This guy seems to be a crack.." newly married Anup whispered
to his wife.

Suddenly it started raining... Rain drops fell on the travelers
through the opened window. The Thirty year old son , filled with joy "
see dad, how beautiful the rain is .."

Anup's wife got irritated with the rain drops spoiling her new suit.

Anup," cant you see its raining, you old man, if your son is not feeling
well get him soon to a mental asylum and don’t disturb public
henceforth"

The old man hesitated first and then in a low tone replied " we are on
the way back from hospital, my son got discharged today morning, he
was a blind by birth, last week only he got his vision, these rain and
nature are new to his eyes.. Please forgive us for the inconvenience
caused..."

The things we see may be right from our perspective until we know the
truth. But when we know the truth our reaction to that will hurt even
us. So try to understand the problem better before taking a harsh
action.

Well what a beautiful way to express something. We do tend to forget that harsh words do hurt, whether said by us or somebody else. If someone were to hit us, the wounds would heal, but even after years have gone by the spoken words are still remembered. That’s the reason elders say, “think twice before you speak” .

Regards,
Farida H B

I stand awestruck by that story!!

I was to, so I dececided to share it