Friday, December 18, 2009
The guidance of "Encouragement"
There are members and friends who are suffering. We need to reach out to them with words of support and encouragement. It is important to respond immediately to the issues before us. Remaining silent is foolish, lacking in compassion, and leads to defeat.
——Ikeda sensei

When our friends or family members are in trouble or in downs, we must quickly lend a hand to them. Go to his/her side for encouragement. E.g.: when our friend’s examination results are not that good, we should always keep on encouraging our friend with a sincere heart.

Although you may be better than them, you can become as a mentor to encourage them and to help them. You need not to be afraid that people think you’re showing off. Trust me, that particular friend of yours will understand your sincere heart to encourage them and to help them. If we didn’t say anything, this means that we didn’t have the courage to speak and to approach to them. In the end, even the friendship that you had may be gone too. Conclusion is, you have to speak out.

E.g. when a person falls down and starts to bleed, you wouldn’t even care a bit to notice. The wound might get infected and it will become more serious than it was before. At that moment, that person will be desperately wishing that another person will appear and to help them to bandage the wound. But as the time passes and the wound starts to heal, by then you only come to help them to bandage it, that person might not even want your help anymore.

To encourage a person, you must have bravery and wisdom to do it. You also need to be spontaneous when a person’s in trouble and needed help. We must quickly run to the person as fast we could and try to encourage that person when they are down.

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