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That NICE GOOD seed (Tara's thought)

First of all, I’d like to thank you for checking out my very first blog post. God bless you abundantly.

       My thought for today is on one of the many questions I’ve had to ask myself sometimes, especially when I’ve just been hurt by someone close and it is, WHY BE NICE/GOOD? Here’s a story that helps me answer this rhetorical question of mine.
THE DOVE AND THE ANT
‘A thirsty ant went to a brook to get a drink. He climbed onto the edge of a blade of grass overhanging the pond, but the surface was too shiny and wet that he lost his balance and fell into the water. A dove sitting in a nearby tree saw the drowning ant decided to help him. He could have decided to eat the ant but yelled at the ant instead heeding him to climb atop a leaf he dropped in the water the ant was about fall into.
Plucking the leaf from the tree, the dove fluttered just above the ant and then dropped it. The ant scrambled onto the leaf and floated safely to the stream bank.
Just then, a hunter jumped out of the woods with a bow and arrow to shoot the dove. The quick-thinking ant scurried over to the hunter just as he was drawing his bow and bit him on the foot. The hunter yelled in the pain, causing him to misfire. The arrow whizzed by the dove, which quickly flew away to safety.’  
Culled from the David Noonan’s Aesop and the CEO.

         As the first child of my parents, one of the qualities I learn from both is how and why I should always be nice, forget past hurt and just let go. My mum would say be nice to everybody you meet, you might meet them sooner or later. My mum has a good heart and I’d love to be like her someday. Even when people get her really mad, it has never stopped her from helping the same people or others. The people you are nice to today can be regarded as seeds of time. One ‘nice good’ seed you plant will definitely grow. It might be immediate or delayed, whichever, it will surely grow and you’d reap the harvest.
Now, it’s possible that not everyone can be or wants to be nice especially when it doesn’t or won’t yield reward but the funny thing is you never know. With this I'd like to give out my widow's mite (two kobo) actually. hehehe  
Whatever situation it is that you are experiencing, an unappreciative boss, uncooperative staff or team workers, lost a contract, a heartbreak, lost a job, death of loved one(s), betrayal or whatever it is that is making you feel less about yourself and turning to you every shade of grumpy, you know what, look that challenge in the eye and face it head on. I strongly believe in this popular Latin phrase, ‘post tenebras spero lucem’ which means ‘after darkness, hope for light.  The best can only get better than good. Realize that someone out there is experiencing worse. Don’t stop being good or nice, not even for a second.  Keep that beautiful smile up and watch your life transform from the dark, gloomy phase into THE LIGHT.

NEVER STOP PLANTING THAT NICE GOOD SEED. 

Pls read, share and post your comments, I’d be glad to know your thoughts on this, thanks a lot. Love you

Comments

Anonymous said…
Thanks Tara for sharing your thoughts.. Twas about time you unleashed the latent talent... I still believe in the power of being mean tho.
5 July 2013 at 00:19
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