Treat praise like a perfume

I have written an article about " praise" and I want to write something about it again.  Many a times in our life, we have receive praise from our love ones, peers, colleagues, friends , teachers and also strangers.  We feel a light when we hear that we have did something good.   Some of us will take praise deep into our heart, some will take it with a pinch of salt , some will just enjoy it for a moment and let it go.  Some different people behave and appreciate differently regarding to praise.

But frankly, the speaker who praise you would have forgotten his or her praise for you immediately after the moment he or she have said it or some could have kept it abit longer. So, if we keep the praise with us too long, it will sound silly.  We should feel escalated for a short moment and treat the praise like a perfume and enjoy it when the fragrance is there and let it go before it fade away if not , disappointment will sets it.

This is basic human nature and normally, people have short memories.  Only things or events which concerns them will be in their memory while good deeds or good jobs done by other people and do not concern them  will fly out of the window , the moment it is said.

Enjoy the blooming flower and its fragrnace when , it is there , alive and well.  Otherwise, it will fade and rot with a foul smell.  In life, it is like  that.  from 15 to 40, this is the prime of our life especially for women but after 40, the outer beauty will start to fade and when we go into ripe old age, we will start to rot.  So, during this prime time, we enjoy life and also the attention given to us for our external beauty  but after the limit, the admiration will be for our internal beauty ie our passion, our compassionate love,  loving kindness, our knowledge and our care and love for others.

There is no definite crossing point between our external beauty and our internal beauty , each person have their own crossing points where their internal and external beauty will switch sides to charm their admirers thorugh out their life.

Namaste.