Winning People

The route to one's heart is from the feet. Only selfless concern and service, like that of a mother's to her infant, can win people. - Vishnu Pendyala

Golden Lessons

There's a lot to learn from the metal, gold. That's why gold plays a great role in spirituality. One important lesson is to forget the pain and remember only the lessons we learn. Gold undergoes tremendous torture as it is shaped into an ornament. It is heated to melting point, beaten, and bent until it learns its lesson (shape of the ornament). When it learns its lesson and appears as an ornament, however, there is no sign of the torture gold underwent. Gold only remembers the lesson and forgets every trace of the torture. Had it remembered even a bit of that torture, it would not have had its value as an ornament. Same in life. We need to remember only the lessons we learn from experiences and forget all the pain and hardship that life takes us through to teach us those important lessons. Gold is highly flexible, malleable and ductile, so should one be - ready to adapt and change. Gold does not easily react and so should a man remain calm and unperturbed in pain or pleasure. There's a lot to learn from gold - just think and you'll see a lot more to learn!
"The way one thinks is what sets him apart." - Vishnu Pendyala :)