Sunday, October 02, 2005

Si hoy no hubiera sido domingo, hubiera sido feriado

From "The Times of India":
Indians across the country are celebrating the 136th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, also known as 'Bapu' or 'Father of the Nation', was born on 02 October 1869.

An all-religion prayer meeting was also held on the occasion where representatives of nine religions - Buddhism, Baha'i, Christain, Hindu, Islam, Jain, Judaism, Zoroastrianism and Sikhism took part.

Words of Wisdom *
* Taken from ‘Home-ly Notes’ The Parish Weekly Newsletter of the Sacred Heart Church, Vashi

The wise owl says: “Violence will often be met with violence. And yet the way to meet abuse is: Calm and peaceful silence”.

That was the method Mahatma Gandhi used to finally win freedom for India. Try it and see – nothing so frustrates an angry man than the calm of the person he is attacking. During this week we will try to meet difficult situations in our life – our family, our neighborhood, our place of work in calm, peaceful manner. When we lose our temper – we are the ones who have lost out…

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