Given and acquired !

I took these pictures on the same day around the same time of three plants. All the three have different hues. 

The photo below was taken five minutes later. That too is different in its hues colour. 

The change is affected by the rising sun. The plants acquire the different hues of colours from the sunlight. 

We receive a lot from others- their good wishes, kindness, support, thoughtfulness...etc. What we receive make us grow and become who are becoming. 

We grow through our reading, interacting and listening. When we create space for others in our lives, we become more tolerant and mindful. 

Let us receive others just as we are, however difficult it might be. It is a struggles that I face all the time!

To be kind without expecting the same is a noble way of living. It can spread kindness al around!

I have been in seven work places in the last forty years of my clinical work. One thing common, I have experienced is that relationships would change depending on the seasons in one's life. It is during such times, one has to be steadfast to be good and patient with abundance of courtesies and acts of thoughtfulness. Who we are is an inner reality rather than a  reaction to what we receive. 

M.C.Mathew(text and photo)