Wisdom Bits Talk: Burnt Toast – A Story About Compassion

Hi,

This is Stefania and this is another Wisdom Bits episode.

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This is a story this time is called Burnt Toast.

It's an anonymous story.

One evening my mother made dinner after a hard day's work.

She put on a plate of eggs,

Salad,

And burnt toast in front of my father.

I immediately noticed the burnt toast and I was waiting to see if he was going to complain about it.

But my father started to eat them,

Smiling and asked me how I spent my day at school.

My mom apologized to my dad for the burnt toast.

I will never,

I will never forget his response to her.

Honey,

I love burnt toast.

Later,

When I went to bed and my dad came over to say goodnight,

I asked him if he really liked burnt toast.

He hugged me and said,

Your mother has had a difficult day and she is really tired.

She went out of her way to prepare this meal for us.

Why blame her and hurt her?

Burnt toast never hurt anyone,

But words can be very painful.

We have to know how to appreciate what others do for us even if it's not perfect because it's the intention to do well that counts.

And nobody,

No one is perfect.

And that was the lesson that the father gave to his daughter.

He reached out and intuitively pushed down his own ego for the sake of his wife to bring her energy up,

To support her in an unspoken way.

How can we do the same for others in our life?

Something to think about,

Maybe even something to draw on.

How have we submerged our ego to help someone else without even letting them know,

Just sending out that love and good energy.

And that's it for today's wisdom bit.

Burnt toast.

Bye for now.