We are what we do
Hi,
Every thing we do, has an influence on us. The beauty is we rarely know the things that make us. A friend of mine discovered an infidel act of a loved one. It came as a shock to him. But, he never let it impact his life. He found a brand new meaning in life, after the episode.
When I had a chance to talk to him, he listed the things that consoled him. I was surprised to see the comprehensive range of things he quoted. The list is reproduced below for fellow readers:
1. Viktor Frankl - "There are only two types of people in this world. One - the decent type. 2. The indecent type. It is upto you to choose who you want to be." (My friend said - he chose to be a decent man).
2. Viktor Frankl again - "Live life as though you have been given another chance to live."
3. The Painted Veil - Someset Maugham's masterpiece based on the infidel act of a wife. The thought processes of the husband seems to have influenced my friend.
4. He went ahead and quoted Zen poems of Bankei and some movies that he had seen some years ago.
5. He quoted Shelley "If winter comes, could spring be far behind".
6. Jim collins' work on the list of top 10 CEOs - especially the life of Steve Mockler and Darwin Smith.
I personally think it is the success of the authors (filmakers, poets, etc) to have created their works to salvage my friend.
When I left my friend, I was feeling very light for living in a world that was inhabited by these great souls.
It seemed to me that is true that the works of yesteryears would never go out of vogue.
More later,
Vijay
Every thing we do, has an influence on us. The beauty is we rarely know the things that make us. A friend of mine discovered an infidel act of a loved one. It came as a shock to him. But, he never let it impact his life. He found a brand new meaning in life, after the episode.
When I had a chance to talk to him, he listed the things that consoled him. I was surprised to see the comprehensive range of things he quoted. The list is reproduced below for fellow readers:
1. Viktor Frankl - "There are only two types of people in this world. One - the decent type. 2. The indecent type. It is upto you to choose who you want to be." (My friend said - he chose to be a decent man).
2. Viktor Frankl again - "Live life as though you have been given another chance to live."
3. The Painted Veil - Someset Maugham's masterpiece based on the infidel act of a wife. The thought processes of the husband seems to have influenced my friend.
4. He went ahead and quoted Zen poems of Bankei and some movies that he had seen some years ago.
5. He quoted Shelley "If winter comes, could spring be far behind".
6. Jim collins' work on the list of top 10 CEOs - especially the life of Steve Mockler and Darwin Smith.
I personally think it is the success of the authors (filmakers, poets, etc) to have created their works to salvage my friend.
When I left my friend, I was feeling very light for living in a world that was inhabited by these great souls.
It seemed to me that is true that the works of yesteryears would never go out of vogue.
More later,
Vijay
posted by Vijay at 1:11 AM
1 Comments:
Hi, lemme append my comments/confusions.
1) Will a decent way of life console me always?
2) How do you live your life FULLY, as it's so precious ?
3) In 'The painted Veil', I think rather than the thought process of the husband ( Mr.Walter ) it's the transformation of his wife ( Kitty ) from shallowness of life to the discovery of spirituality which lingers in the mind of the reader. Mr.Walter is is described as an inhibited and rigid person who is unwilling to forgive Kitty. Correct me if I am wrong.
4) 'Zen poems of Bankei' !! Are they some Indian works ?
5) Shelley became the idol of the next two or three generations of poets (including the major Victorian poets Browning, Tennyson, D G Rossetti, Swinburne, W B Yeats and especially "Subramanya Bharathy".
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http://indianwriting.blogspot.com/
who writes about Calvino, Burka Dutt, Jumpa Lahiri, Jessica Lal and almost EVERYONE...! Hope it will be intresting to you.
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