Three good men

Once a while we will come across certain people who impressed us with their traits of wisdom, knowledge, good nature, leadership and exemplary behaviour.

We will be awed and set to believe that the existence of such person will be a boon and blessing to society. We are getting used to judge a person which we do not know personally based on the information we derives from the medias and also comments from our circle of acquaintances.

Once converted we will look at these people in the positive aspect and trusted what they say and what they do, sometimes blindly too. This line of thoughts are sometimes follows the herd mentality. Since so-and-so are saying good things about such and such person, he or she must be a good person. This perception was derives without a clear mind and further inquisition on the back ground of this comments.

Then come one day, people were dismayed and had the shock of their life when such persons that they had utmost confidence and hopes all this while turns out to be no difference from just the ordinary Joes in the street. These people will show their true colours when they felt their positions and interest are challenged.

People can be disappointed and upset but the fault lies with them too. They had given too much trust and expectation to these people. Maybe they should only judge these people after their death as dead men says no words and does nothing. The chances of good dead people disappointing their believers with their actions will ends up 6-feet deep down in the grave or ashes in an urn.

The moral story - judge a person only after his death.

I recalled a story told to me long ago about a woman waiting for a good man to come along to be her wedded husband. She searched and waited for many years and was very sad and disappointed as she found no man up to her expectation. One day a mendicant stopped by her house asking for alms. The woman took the opportunity to ask the mendicant the question.

"Is there no good man around anymore, she asked"?

The mendicant answered, " There are three good men. One is already dead, the other one became a monk and the next one yet to be born". - Loka