In this game the lady although blindfolded was guided to drop her balloon in a bucket by others by the pressure of touch on her shoulders!
As I watched this game, where no words were spoken and participants except the last person in the single line formation kept their eyes closed, the lady carrying the balloon who was blind folded was guided by the effect of touch to find her direction towards the bucket placed about fifteen feet away from her. The last person whose eyes were open in the line pressed the shoulder of the person standing before her to give direction to move and that person in turn did the same to the person in front. The lady carrying the balloon who was blind folded negotiated curves and arrived to drop the ballon in the bucket because she was well guided by the effect of touch. Every person used touch to communicate direction
It was a game with a significant lesson for all of us! Thank you Thomas for leading us through this game!
Touch is a gentle experience! If a touch experience can guide effectively, then all help we offer to others need to have gentle profile! Even our correction of others can have a gentle character.
We build trusting relationships when we can relate cordially even in difficult situation with thoughtfulness towards others!
I find this as a virtue to pursue inspite of my oft repeated failures. Yesterday, when I was not so polite to a bank officer, I realised that I failed again! But I want to be on this journey of learning to be gentle even in difficult circumstances.
M.C.Mathew (text and photo)
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