UNDERSTANDING OTHERS IS KEY TO DEVELOPING A SENSE OF GRATITUDE
Caller: Master, how should we understand this sentence: only through understanding others can one develop a sense of gratitude?
Master Jun Hong Lu: When you understand others, you will empathise with them for the suffering they endure. Only then will you develop compassion and feel grateful to them.
For example, your wife prepares breakfast for you every single day, and you are already so used to it that you won’t even think that it is a slog for her. Am I right?
But do you really think that being a wife is so easy? Take a look at the chores that she has to do every day, such as cleaning the pots, pans and dishes, besides preparing breakfast for you, frying the eggs, and yet has to deal with the mess on the pans after frying.
You may not feel it, but the fact is, she is toiling away. The moment you understand her, you will be grateful to her. When you are so thankful to her, you start to develop compassion for her and pity her. Don’t you think this is when a sense of gratitude will wash over you?
Caller: I see.
Source: Wenda20170806B 09:16, Master Jun Hong Lu’s call-in radio program
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