21 Habits of Happy People
3. Be Considerate - “Accept others for who they are as well as where they are in life. Respect them for who they are. Touch them with a kind and generous spirit. Help when you are able, without trying to change the other person. Try to brighten the day of everyone you come into contact with.”
I remember when I started teaching, I had two students who started the same week. One was (and is) a scientist who was (and is) a great singer songwriter and the other was a young man I knew from karate who was a black belt. After the lessons, I ventured that one would not return and the other would be a great student. I was right about my prediction but I was wrong about which student would accomplish what. That is when I first learned through humility not to judge.
That experience taught me to open my mind to people who came into my life. You never know what people are capable of, where they come from, what is their story. How can we judge based on just a few snippets of information. It takes a lifetime of living to begin to understand respect, consideration, kindness. I still teach today and every student who comes in to my teaching room, I look at with the thought that there is a reason they are there. I must suspend judgement to make way for acceptation and consideration. Every once in while I have to do that with myself too. Consideration to me is taking the time to connect with each person’s humanity. Seeing such kindness in others is sure to make us happy. We would constantly be surrounded by people we can love.
Blake was a great student. He left and practiced everything I taught him, came back wanting more and was a valuable teacher for me. To top it off he wore a bright smile and brought in an abundance of laughter to brighten my day every time he came to call. That always made me happy.
Namaste!
Bianca
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Bianca Pittoors & Marc Langis are Bianca Basso. Creators of original music, they are distinctive in their contemporary style.
3. Be Considerate - “Accept others for who they are as well as where they are in life. Respect them for who they are. Touch them with a kind and generous spirit. Help when you are able, without trying to change the other person. Try to brighten the day of everyone you come into contact with.”
I remember when I started teaching, I had two students who started the same week. One was (and is) a scientist who was (and is) a great singer songwriter and the other was a young man I knew from karate who was a black belt. After the lessons, I ventured that one would not return and the other would be a great student. I was right about my prediction but I was wrong about which student would accomplish what. That is when I first learned through humility not to judge.
That experience taught me to open my mind to people who came into my life. You never know what people are capable of, where they come from, what is their story. How can we judge based on just a few snippets of information. It takes a lifetime of living to begin to understand respect, consideration, kindness. I still teach today and every student who comes in to my teaching room, I look at with the thought that there is a reason they are there. I must suspend judgement to make way for acceptation and consideration. Every once in while I have to do that with myself too. Consideration to me is taking the time to connect with each person’s humanity. Seeing such kindness in others is sure to make us happy. We would constantly be surrounded by people we can love.
Blake was a great student. He left and practiced everything I taught him, came back wanting more and was a valuable teacher for me. To top it off he wore a bright smile and brought in an abundance of laughter to brighten my day every time he came to call. That always made me happy.
Namaste!
Bianca
This personal blog was written by Bianca Pittoors. You may “share” it in its entirety. I respectfully request that you respect it as the intellectual property that it is. Thank you! All photos by Bianca Pittoors unless noted otherwise.
www.BiancaBassoMusic.com/blog
Bianca Pittoors & Marc Langis are Bianca Basso. Creators of original music, they are distinctive in their contemporary style.
