GOOD MORNING MESSAGE #174

Even though all virtues are relative….

From the first of June, 2018, I started writing Good Morning messages in the form of poems (Please read: ‘Good Morning Message #1‘).

The last such message was:’Good Morning Message #173‘.

Good morning Friends

Even though all virtues on earth are relative,
And there is no virtue that is really absolute,
We don’t need to consider this in the negative,
But think of our own stance in their pursuit.
Others will always be less or more happy than us,
But our being dependent on them is superfluous.

If at all we should stoop to compare,
It’d do us good to think of those who have less;
We should consider God gave us our rightful share,
What they have less, we might have in excess.
Being sad because they appear to have more,
Is to deliberately, our own blessings, ignore.

You can have, your virtue, of others, independent,
And let it not be dependent upon their reaction;
For example, your gentlemanliness can be dependent,
If you think of it always as a business transaction.
You can be gentlemanly to everyone around,
Irrespective of whether some return is to be found.

It is the same with Love, Courage, Honesty and Truth,
You can have these for everyone and in each situation,
Or else, you can try ‘an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth’,
And spend all your time in such silly calculation.
Be content with what you yourself possess,
Don’t ever think whether it is more or less.

….you can have yours independent of others.


Author: Sunbyanyname

I have done a long stint in the Indian Navy that lasted for nearly thirty seven years; I rose as far as my somewhat rebellious and irreverent nature allowed me to. On retirement, in Feb 2010, the first thing that occurred to me, and those around me, was that I Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (you will find an article with this title in this blog) and hadn't lost all my noodles and hence thought of a blog titled 'This 'n That'. I later realised that every third blog is called 'This 'n That' and changed the name to 'Sunbyanyname'. I detest treading the beaten track. This blog offers me to air 'another way' of looking at things. The idea is not just to entertain but also to bring about a change. Should you feel differently, you are free to leave your comments. You can leave comments even when you agree and want to share your own experience about the topic of the blog post. Impudent or otherwise, I have never been insousciant and I am always concerned about the betterment of community, nation and the world. I hope the visitors of this blog would be able to discern it.

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