During lunch Fr TV Thomas narrated a very amusing incident. One of the sisters who had come to visit him last week inquired as to what was the tree beside our refectory. On saying that it was a mulberry tree, she confidently replied, "No, it is a cherry tree!" And Fr TV Thomas, a man who has a knack to skirt controversies, coolly replied, "Ok, you want to call it that way, you may!"
So much for calling a spade, a spade. Most often we enter into such strange and at times, bizarre conversations and arguments that end up breaking our relationship. The root of the conversation or argument may be as silly as the question and answer above.
Being the Secretary, one without powers to speak or vote, I get to see such discussions quite often. Maintaining a distance keeps you sane. Perhaps if I too were as involved as those involved, then I would not have been able to 'see' the point - or the futility of it.
Such a style as of Fr TV Thomas is something worth trying. Rather than prove the right thing always to everyone, it is also good to let wisdom dawn at the right time... rather than doing it here and now!
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