Monday, July 19, 2010

The Window!

A young couple moves into a new neighborhood. Next morning while they are eating their breakfast, the young woman sees through their window, her neighbors hang their washed clothes outside.

"That laundry is not very clean." She said, " She probably doesn't know how to wash clothes correctly! Perhaps she needs a better laundry soup!" Her husband looked on but remained silent.

Every time her neighbour would hang her wash to dry, the young woman would pass the same comments.

About one month later, the young woman was surprised to see nice bright well washed clothes on the line and she said to her husband, " Look, she has finally learnt how to wash correctly! I wonder who taught her that!"

Her husband said, " I woke up early in the morning and cleaned our windows!"

And so it is with life:

"What we see when watching others depends on the purity of the window through which we look. Before we give any criticism it would be better to check our state of mind and ask ourselves if we are ready to see the good rather than to be looking for something else in the person we are about to judge!"

6 comments:

  1. Can't agree more! It is easy to look at others and comment, but not so easy to follow in our own life. Good one as usual J.

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  2. Not My writing Mohan, its a fwd I thought I need to share :-)

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  3. And a time forward. Because we forget so often to look closer when we are judging others. thanks for this.

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  4. Thanks for sharing this. Wish all of us could think/follow/comprehend the gravity of what is said in that small story.

    Vivek

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