A saint asked his disciples, 'Why do we shout in anger?
Why do people shout at each other when they are upset?'
His disciples thought for a while, one of them said,
'Because we lose our calm, we shout for that.'
'But, why do you shout when the other person is just
next to you?' asked the saint. 'Isn't it
possible to speak to him or her with a soft voice? Why do
you shout at a person when you're angry?'
Disciples gave some other answers but none satisfied the
saint.
Finally he explained, 'When two people are angry at
each other, their hearts distance a lot. To cover that
distance they must shout to be able to hear each other. The
angrier they are, the stronger they will have to shout to
hear each other through that great distance.'
Then the saint asked, 'What happens when two people
fall in love? They don't shout at each other but talk
softly, why? Because their hearts are very close. The
distance between them is very small...'
The saint continued, 'When they love each other even
more, what happens? They do not speak, only whisper and they
get even closer to each other in their love. Finally they
even need not whisper, they only look at each other and
that's all. That is how close two
people are when they love each other.
'MORAL' said the saint: 'When you argue do not
let your hearts get distant, do not say words that distance
each other more, else there will come a day when the
distance is so great that you will not find the path to
return!'
