“Why We Shout In Anger”
A Hindu saint who was visiting river Ganges to take bath
found a group of family members on the banks, shouting in anger at each other. He
turned to his disciples smiled and asked. “Why do people shout in anger shout
at each other?” Disciples thought for a while, one of them said, ‘Because we
lose our calm, we shout.’ ‘But, why should your shout when the other person is
just next to you? You can as well tell him what you have to say in a soft
manner’. Asked the saint Disciples gave some other answers but none satisfied
the other disciples.
Finally the saint explained.. ‘When two peoples are angry at
each other, their hearts distance a lot. To cover that distance they must shout
to be able to hear each other. The angrier they are, the stronger they will
have to shout to hear each other to cover that great distance. What happens
when two people fall in love? They don’t shout at each other but talk softly,
because their hearts are very close. The distance between them is either nonexistent
or very small..’ The saint continued, ‘When they love each other even more,
what happens? They do not speak, only whisper and they get even closer to each
other in their love.
Finally they even need not whisper, they only look at each
other and that’s all. That is how close two people are when they love each
other. He looked at his disciples and said. So when you argue do not let your
hearts get distant, Do not say words that distance each other more, Or else
there will come a day when the distance is so great that you will not find the
path to return.
