Being nice, kind and compassionate always presents itself with a reward of its own; do not be disappointed by its disguised nature of offering a delayed gratification, for its value is in the karat of joy it offers as the time matures, when all on the stage has left after the curtain is down, and the only sound you hear is of the crickets in the darkness of the woods.
If in the place of heart you were left with an expensive marble rock, you would be better off with not much to be concerned about being out of the gravitation you otherwise experience in the whirlpool of emotions the life presents as you look around. It's only a nice, kind and compassionate heart who expresses a willingness to dive deep into the depth of lives of people you live with or observe as you go, and pick from that depth a hitherto unseen diamond of life and have that moment to sit together and rub and polish it to make it shine and make a difference in their lives.
That one moment spent with a heart craving for an undiluted compassion from a fellow being, do not leave you with so much of joy as you would from having a Rolce Royce or a Land Rover, instead with intense pain at the center of your heart from thinking of the struggle the other endures in the process of living - that intolerable pain of heart caused by your nature that wishes to experience a moment of the other's life. Would you trade that pain with a kingdom? Or would you absorb that pain, knowing that it's the tax you pay to be nice, kind and compassionate?
The gratification comes with maturity of time, when you realize that you have lived a life touching the hearts and souls of many other !
I wouldn't trade it for an empire !
Shahir
August 28, 2011
