Make a Difference!
Shekhar recently shared this true story with me:
In LA, this person, gathered all street children - hooligans and complete misfit for the society and started teaching them Ball Dance. Obviously, there was a lot of contradiction, but when he declared his logic behind the action, all distracting noises hushed. According to him, teaching Ball Dancing to a girl, will bring in grace to the person and a talent that is appreciated in many places. This appreciation and talent will add confidence and she will do better, else where in life as well. Simply put, confidence has a very wider stretch! And his explanation to teach ball dancing to boys was inherent in the moves of Ball Dancing. As ball dancing requires the male partner to be respectful of the female partner and practicing this dance over and over again, will inculcate a feeling of respect towards the fairer sex, in these boys, who otherwise had no such sense. He was immensely successful.
I very much liked this story because of the learning that you can do simple, unconventional things to achieve goals of ulterior nature.
In LA, this person, gathered all street children - hooligans and complete misfit for the society and started teaching them Ball Dance. Obviously, there was a lot of contradiction, but when he declared his logic behind the action, all distracting noises hushed. According to him, teaching Ball Dancing to a girl, will bring in grace to the person and a talent that is appreciated in many places. This appreciation and talent will add confidence and she will do better, else where in life as well. Simply put, confidence has a very wider stretch! And his explanation to teach ball dancing to boys was inherent in the moves of Ball Dancing. As ball dancing requires the male partner to be respectful of the female partner and practicing this dance over and over again, will inculcate a feeling of respect towards the fairer sex, in these boys, who otherwise had no such sense. He was immensely successful.
I very much liked this story because of the learning that you can do simple, unconventional things to achieve goals of ulterior nature.
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9:09 PMAnother nice thought :)
This story reminds me of an great-aunt of mine who used to be in charge of a girls orphanage in Mumbai. She had some lovely and unqiue ways of inculcating a sense of responsibility, respect, grace and trust in the girls at that place, many of whom had been rescued from truly horrifying and gory places and situations. Rehabilitating such girls was a very challenging task and she made it seem very natural and simple. And she ensured that each girl in her guard blossomed into a beautiful and competent young woman.
She never married- she always felt that her life was supposed to be for those girls. And this story of yours has convinced me that there are many others like her out there... Amen! :)
Cheers!
Priyanka.
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