Lion Parvathy Viswanath and founder-director of AIKYA had the opportunity to attend a seminar by Tapas Das (Thanks to Lions
Clubs in Chennai). Tapas spoke only for an hour, without a break, but
the talk was interesting and you cannot afford to bat an eyelid as you
may miss a good thought. Tapas gave a lot of messages about parenting and family.
He told that if the husband returns from office to home with tension, then the tension passes on to wife, and then to the child. So, it becomes a chain reaction. So, the husband must return with a smiling spirit to home.
"Connect before you Correct" was a nice message by Tapas. He gave an
analogy of how we cannot apply soap directly to our body, but must first
apply water and then soap. Here water is "connect" and soap is
"correct." Similarly, we need to establish a rapport with a person
before we can correct them.
Tapas also talked about the difference between "Nature" and "Design". If
we just went by nature, people will label us as mad. Instead, we need
to design our life - just like how you design your curriculum vitae for a
better job or higher salary.
When we are in a good mood our mind switch is "ON." So, we behave positively and act wisely. But when we are in a bad mood, our switch is "OFF." So, we behave negatively and act otherwise. It is good to keep our mental switch ON.
Tapas asked us not to take our relationships for granted and to design
our relationships. He asks us also to stay away from people who behave
like a virus.
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