Compassion: Byju Joseph

Compassion is just an action of kindness towards others that joins the entirety of mankind. It does not need much more effort or huge amounts to spend. There must be a will to listen and find others' circumstances, their problems, feelings, hardships etc. Sometimes our kind words can heal someone, our smiles can satisfy others. Compassion is an urge within us to help others when they are in need. Compassion and cooperation are very important factors among doctors that will lead to a speedy recovery of their patients.  Showing kindness to our fellow creatures is human nature. Love and compassion are the fundamentals of human existence. Compassion is the most impressive power on the planet that can cross the boundaries of caste, religion, nationality etc. This is the thing that prompts people to think about others and help others with a caring nature. The satisfaction that we get from compassionate action is definitely more precious than anything we may surrender simultaneously.

It is so sad to say that in modern life people who are living in cities do not know who are residing nearby. Those people who are living in the same flat are not familiar with each other. They do not know who their neighbours are. There is a lack of communication and personal relationship.  These are the essentials of human life in a society.  Nobody is having time to spend with others. Everyone is busy with their own matters.

But there are people who completely dedicated their lives to others. I would like to share a real example of the compassionate action of a person named P.U. Thomas(Thomas Chettan) who is still continuing his service actively for poor people in the native village of Athirampuzha in the district of Kottayam in Kerala. He was born in a poor family. At the age of sixteen, he was admitted to the hospital for surgery. For more than two weeks he was in the general ward of a medical college. The pathetic conditions of suffering poverty and the ill-treatment of patients by the hospital staff got struck at him.  He could not forget the reality. He made a strong decision to help needy people. But he was also from a poor family. He was in search of a job. Finally, he got a job in the men’s hostel of Medical College, Kottayam as a mess boy. The miserable conditions of patients were still alive in his mind. He took permission to give the leftover food of the hostel to the patients. He started his service with endless happiness. He could be able to spend some money from his low salary for poor patients to buy medicines. Seeing the heart touching service, some medical students also started to donate money to him. Gradually he approached the nearby hotels for food that remained excess. They all cooperated with him.

His services continued for more than two decades. After that, he was able to register a trust named ‘NAVAJEEVAN’ with the help of some generous people. He was able to provide shelter for mentally disordered patients. Later on, with the help of some voluntary organisations, he was able to get some land property to construct a building to enhance his service.  Now it has become the shelter for many orphans, old people, patients etc. The trust is providing many facilities like food, accommodation, blood donation, medical aid etc. His compassionate action is an inspiration for all

Byju Joseph
The Fabindia School
bjh@fabindiaschools.in

Thoughtfulness and Understanding - Neelam Waldia

 - Neelam Waldia, The Doon Girls' School, Dehradun

Simplicity and Trust - Triumph DGS

 A GOLDEN TRIANGLE: SIMPLICITY, TRUST, HAPPINESS

Life is really simple but we insist on making it complicated – Confucius

The word ‘simplicity’ seems very simple but it is much more than that, somebody said it very right that – if one wants to really talk about simplicity and trust you need to look through the eyes of a child.

I know a person; maybe you might also know her. A girl who didn't let the child within her die and is a child by heart. She is not a philosopher or a legend, she is as common as we are – she is Geet Dhillon of ‘Jab We Met' movie.

Surprised??

Sometimes it’s the smallest things that take up the most room in your heart- Winnie the pooh.

Geet-whose child within made her real, a girl with a simple approach towards life. I love when she says,

“Jo kuch insaan real mein chahta hai, actual mein, use wahi milta hai”

BUT WHAT IS SIMPLICITY?

It’s a quality:

-        Which lets you to be what you are.
-        Which helps in focusing what is most important to you.
-        Keeps you connected with your roots, make you generous and calm..
-        Makes you down to earth person.
-        Makes you believe or trust yourself
-        Gives room to breathe.

And Geet had them all...

Simplicity is such a quality that gives birth to TRUST and true ETERNAL BLISS. This 10-letter word has immense power, which can make one’s life filled with meaning, a life full of love, friendship, generosity, care, trust and happiness.

Here sharing a TRUE STORY inspired by a small girl who explains -how Simplicity  Happiness and Trust go together and makes a GoldenTriangle.

Click here👇  if you have trouble viewing the video.

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But it is really sad that as time passes, we get busy and then busier; when and how our hand slips the child (simplicity)within, that even our heart doesn’t come to know.

Let’s keep this child alive.....

  - Meditate as it brings inner peace and self-awareness.- We and our life stories,all       are unique hence no comparison.

         - Keep yourself connected with a beautiful gift of God -NATURE. And surely you’ll be one step ahead in keeping and maintaining the simplicity on its own true level.

     -  Giving gifts or time to the people or to the organizations when and where needed.  As a gesture of giving is a symbol of love, care and selflessness which in return will give you soul satisfaction and be REAL.

At last I would conclude with these amazing lines of Seline Shenoy…..

“Adopting simplicity doesn’t mean giving up all the material possession and retreat to the Himalayas. Rather simplicity is expressed in how we function, how we think, behave, live and make choices. Simplicity does not depreciate the values of life but makes it more accessible.”

Believe me, people will not tag you if you are SIMPLE, in fact, they will admire you and say- There is great beauty in your SIMPLICITY!

Proudly created by the inspiring team of Triumph DGS @ The Doon Girls' School, Dehradun - Prachi Jain, Mansi Sondhi Arora, Ritika Chandani, Shalu Rawat, Mohini Bohra Chauhan and Prachi Parashar