A passing thought


Now, let me warn you beforehand…. This thought could be a little… scary!(?)

There are generally two types of people: the first types make mistakes, and get away with it. If they don’t, they try hard to cover it up. By using tools like blame game, high voice, rude language and what not……

The second types make mistakes and admit . They confess, be sorry and then dust the guilt off.  This type is generally considered to be nobler of the two- strong, courageous enough and blah blah …

Now I wonder… I wonder,  'What after that'? What comes after confession?

Is this confession something like a hand towel to us? (yes, I did say “us”) As in we soil our hands, and then use the towel to clean ‘em and then we r ready to get back to the ground again.

Do we consider that we have a free hand to commit any mistake (and what do call a bad act purposely done?) as long as we are honest enough to admit it?


P.S. I think it’s high time I changed the title of my blog to “the questions of my heart” ;)

Comments

  1. UnknownApril 14, 2012 at 2:46 PM

    Whoa...!! I believe that it all depends on your frame of mind, n set of principles you build your chosen walk of life upon. The very fundamental question is "What's a mistake?" n who will define it? Society? Family? Or our heart?

    As long as nothing is done with an intention to harm someone or something intentionally- knowing the prospects of such an act beforehand- i think, there is no question of wondering if its a "hand towel" if something goes wrong & you apologize.

    On a different note, too much thinking is injurious to health, you know :-P

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  2. GeetaApril 14, 2012 at 5:59 PM

    Damodar, thank you for the comment! Though I can't do much about the "too much thinking " part, other thoughts were relieving. Sometimes we get lost in a line of thinking and kind of loose the way out! This is somehow showing me the direction. thank u :)

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