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February is the month of love. It’s time
to give and receive love, and to make peace with people around us.
Let us take this opportunity to look
beyond ourselves. Let us transcend our limitations and hesitations. Let
us take a chance to attempt to live in peace and harmony with our social
and natural environment.
Let us do so, just because, as human
being, we are capable of controlling our animal instincts, and being
kind, loving, and compassionate to others. Just because, as rational
animals, we can rise above our personal needs biases, and work for the
welfare of others.
On any day this February, let us
dedicate some of our time to make a deliberate effort to infect others
with our love of humanity, and with our desire for peace and harmony.
Let us, by our selves, or in small
groups, make a deliberate effort to commit acts of kindness, compassion,
and love in our families, neighborhoods, work places and towns.
We can forgive someone, who may have
wronged us in the past.
Reconcile with a relative or an old
friend, with whom we have lost contact.
Help clean or beautify our neighborhood.
Help someone in need.
Thank a parent, spouse, sibling,
teacher, or someone else who has done something for our welfare.
Greet people we don’t know with a smile,
handshake, a flower, or do something else along the lines of the Free
Hugs campaign, which had been conducted a few years ago, at different
places around the world, http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=31A99892D5AF7ED9&search_query=free+hugs&rclk=pti
While demonstrating our love of others,
let us not forget ourselves. Charity should include our own selves also.
We can quit smoking or another bad habit, which harms us as well as
others, and instead start exercising regularly.
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Dr. Rohila is the Executive Director of
the Association for Communal Harmony in Asia (www.asiapeace.org). He
can be reached at
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