By: N. George
Worth Noting:
- This caring teacher does not do so because he has excess idle time compared to the rest. It is due to having a giving heart that he is willing to sacrifice some of his time for the benefit of his students.
- Those who write books do not need to be the most informed persons on the topics that they address they just require to have the wish and will power to share the knowledge that they have. The beauty of doing this is that others will acquire this knowledge and the ones sharing will still retain the knowledge they have about the topics addressed.
I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean…………….. Socrates.
In the bible book of Mark chapter 12 verses 41-44 it talks of the widow offering where she gave two coins, below is what the verse reads:
“Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents.
Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything all she had to live on.”
Any ordinary person who could have commented on the happening of this day would have thought that those who offered huge amounts have given out the most possible amount but it was not the case as their offerings was not comparable in percentage of possession to what the poor widow offered.
Offering help to others does not depend on your ability it depends on the will power. There are self-centred persons who believe in accumulation of resources greedily without putting any other consideration whether other people exist or not, whether they will be able to handle all this wealth or not mind you some are misers they just stash cash in banks never do withdrawals even at times staying hungry and thirsty or evening falling ill and dying yet not seeking medical attention so as not to be asked to pay for these services.
They keep saying that they are trying to look for an extra coin. They are prisoners of money in that instead of them having command over their wealth it looks like the wealth protection motive is what control what they do or not do. They live in fear that someone could be stealing from them unknowingly.
One of the traditional medicine man I know about never wished to teach to anyone his science of treating domestic animals using roots, barks and herbs for the fear that if that other person starts practicing there would be competition in the market. It is quiet unfortunate that upon his demise no one was able to continue with that work even his children yet for the old man he was trained by his father who acquired the skills from his grandfather.
The teacher whose subject is well mastered by students consequently perform well in exams does not need to be the best trained or most intelligent teacher he is usually the most supportive teacher to his students who goes extra mile to support students who seek his help whenever they fail to understand or need clarification.
This help the students to be able to enquire on various aspects of the subject which in turn help them to get the basics right.
This caring teacher does not do so because he has excess idle time compared to the rest. It is due to having a giving heart that he is willing to sacrifice some of his time for the benefit of his students.
Those who write books do not need to be the most informed persons on the topics that they address they just require to have the wish and will power to share the knowledge that they have. The beauty of doing this is that others will acquire this knowledge and the ones sharing will still retain the knowledge they have about the topics addressed.
When you are a parent you do not need to rely on the type of support your parents gave to you to do exactly the same to your kids especially if your parents were not much caring rather you should do what you think is necessary to enable your kids to live a good quality life aware that if you sacrifice a little bit now and enable them to perform better than you did in future they are likely to be more independent than you are so you will not have much struggle trying to support them in future.
No one likes to be sick as there is feeling of pain, man hours lost and at times life is lost. Just imagine if the physicians you visit compare the services they offer to you with the monies you pay to them perhaps there could be a lot of casualties.
It is good to desire to do what is good to others without being compelled by anyone. if the other persons follow what you are doing then we shall have a caring society where everyone is ready to serve the others full of kindness.
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