Yes, this is Gandhiji.
He loved freedom so much and gifted freedom to the succeeding generations.. but he spent much of his life in jail.
Mother Theresa did not like to see human suffer, she spent all her life with suffering humans.
A housewife likes me who loves a clean house spends much of her time dealing with dirt – cleaning, washing vaccuuming.
People who love to dispel ignorance, must deal with the ignorant.
People who want to spread love, Christ, Gandhiji for eg, may die (at least bodily) at the hands of the intolerant.
People who are open to appreciation will also leave the gate open for insults.
People who leave the door open for real questions will also get foolish advice.
Yes, I guess this is about comments again, if I leave the door open to connect with good people, the bad too come in.
If I wish to welcome, the sane, the insane will trot in as well.
If I wish to respect intelligent information, foolish meaningless half-baked opinions will trot in as well…
Perhaps my desire itself was incorrect.
I wanted to create an oasis of data and knowledge, in a world that accommodates truth, ego and hatred.
I cannot let in the breeze and keep out the dust.
I must let in the breeze and sweep out the dust. An asthmatic with a dust allergy, needs open windows as well as dust filters and must spend a lot of time dealing with the dust.
There is no other way.
Comments on: "He loved freedom and spent a lot of his time in jail" (3)
very true. to gain something we have to ‘give up’ many other things. that is life…
Savita, I think my point is that we have to “give up” the very thing we want in order to get it..
Like lose your freedom and go to jail, because you want freedom more than anything.
Very true!