Thursday, December 3, 2009

Looking at the bright side of "The Quarrel"

After the poem "The Quarrel" was read in our class during our English subject, thoughts ran in my mind and re-opened rooms for good lessons. As it was being read in chorus by my classmates, I was put to a highway of reflecting, as each line of the simple poem was recited, I listened and read along.

Even though the situations in the poem was not exactly what I could relate to (since the poem talks about sibling quarrels, and i
and my siblings have grown to handle and do what's right about that without tantrum, childish acts, etc.) I managed to picture the main Idea and relate it to many situations in my daily life, situations that teaches me to be humble to go through without problems.
I can think of the moral of the story in harmony with those events that I experienced, because broadening the main idea of the poem, which is "Humility", I think it would also spell out saying sorry first (which is an act displayed through the poem) , making the first move to avoid upcoming problems, putting aside one's own likings or craves for the sake of others', etc. And I have experienced those values with friends, relatives and siblings in the past, something that I am thanking God for, because He has let me encounter opportunities to apply humility, because I can say that it really feels good to have humility and not pride, because in doing so, we are following a teaching of Christ in the Bible, knowing it and being sure of it multiplies the gladness.