Daily Meditation: Tuesday, May 28, 2002

The rich, the famous, the erudite, the highly successful: …

05/28/2002

The rich, the famous, the erudite, the highly successful: these are the people you tend to notice and appreciate. And when you meet people who exhibit great moral qualities such as patience, goodness, tolerance, purity, generosity, you fail to appreciate them, or indeed you do not even notice them. But when will you understand that it is thanks to these individuals, who do not attract attention or notice, that life is still possible on earth? Whilst the others go to great lengths to draw attention to themselves and fight to push themselves to the front, they are in the background, modestly continuing their beneficial work. The light, peace and harmony emanating from them purifies the atmosphere and makes the air more easy to breathe for everyone. I am not saying this to encourage you to turn your back on all brilliant and talented people, no, because fortunately some of them also possess great moral qualities. I simply wish to draw your attention to the fact that there are other, simple, good and pure people whom you have as yet not been in the habit of noticing.