Common sense

"Common sense is uncommon" is a popular saying. I think good sense is equally uncommon. I mean, just look at us! We search for love but want it on our terms. When we have an issue with someone, we want the other person to come forward in reconciliation. We can prolong a simple misunderstanding indefinitely, being miserable and making another person equally miserable. But each one would rather convert themselves into a bunch of knots rather than forgive, forget and give a loving hug to each other. We are so funny that we will seethe in anger for years on a small issue ( of course, we amplify it to look humongous) but will not call it quits and move on.

Family feuds, sibling rivalry, petty comparisons... you name it and they are rampant and ultimately to what end? To lose valuable relationships and turn away from your own near and dear ones? To refuse to communicate to iron out hurts and misunderstandings? Only human beings can live with so much self promoted negativity, forgetting all the good times shared, the loving moments shared. More often than not, everything boils down to the "I am the one who is right" syndrome.

So, tell me. Isn't good sense uncommon?

I remember the story of the man who sat on the branch of a tree to cut some wood for fire and was cutting the very branch he was sitting on without the good sense that he would fall and break a few bones. If we look within us, we can see many such broken bones but would we admit that? NO, sure...we still boast of having good sense, you see!

Surekha Kothari

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