EUNOIA
" Compassion is the wish
M A K E
M E
G O D
to see other free from
suffering"
‐ Dalai Lama
O R
G I V E
B E T T E R
M E
O N E !
A
By Neelu Agarwal,
Kolkata Toastmasters Club
When I was a little girl, something made me
believe that being in the elusive position of
God was accessible. With each act of kindness,
I would start to accumulate brownie points
and when they are enough as per some
unknown standard, I would get to play God
too!
It could have been a figment of my
imagination, my theory or the foul play of my
mother who gave me the incentive to be good
all through my childhood.
The belief in finding goodness in everything
however remained with me. I developed an
innate nature to delve into the mindset of the
person being unfair, thinking about all the
viciousness, where it came from when God did
make everyone good.
Abusive behavior in my opinion therefore
stemmed from inferiority. A person who is self
sufficient in the truest sense wouldn’t need any
reason to make him sound better.
14 | EUNOIA | SEP 2016
So, this is for Gods, agreed, the good and
the bad of lives are as per one’s own
karma but it wouldn’t harm to be a little
helpful each time. Just as a knowing
parent who favours the weaker kid, help
those who need you or vacate for those
who plan to be kind to vie for your post!