 arifsali says: I am currently reading psychologist, author and Buddhist meditation teacher Jack Kornfield’s The Wise Heart - A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology. I find below, one of the anecdote he shared, very moving. Complete at the source. There is not that much: =Three years later this teacher received a call from the mother of one of her former students. Robert had been a cut-up, but also one of her favorites. His mother sadly passed on the terrible news that Robert had been killed in the Gulf War. The teacher attended the funeral, where many of Robert’s former friends and high school classmates spoke. Just as the service was ending, Robert’s mother approached her. She took out a worn piece of paper, obviously folded and refolded many times, and said, “This was one of the few things in Robert’s pocket when the military retrieved his body.” It was the paper on which the teacher had so carefully pasted the twenty-six things h... A powerful story. We tend to focus on and recall the negative things people say about us and overlook the positives. It is part of human nature to do so. I can easily see where something like this could prove quite powerful to a young person (even some of us old ones!) who might be struggling with their developing life and the doubts they might have about themselves, especially in the face of some very cruel actions that peers can perpetrate on one another. I can easily see where something like this could prove quite powerful to a young person (even some of us old ones!) who might be strugglingI cannot agree more. I'm sure good teachers use various such methods to connect with their students and each other, I like this one in particular because it directly affects each one of them equally. That is a wonderful technique for boosting self confidence, and these days I think we all need a little of that, even us older people. |
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