A saint asked his disciples, “Why do people shout in anger or why do people shout at each other when they are upset?” The disciples thought for a while, then one of them said, “Because we lose our calm, we shout because of that.” “But why shout when the other person is just next to you?” asked the saint, “Isn’t it possible to speak to him or her in a soft voice? Why do you shout at a person when you are angry?” The disciples gave other answers but none satisfied the saint.
Finally the saint explained, “When two people are angry at each other, their hearts grow distant. To cover the distance they must shout – so that they are able to hear each other. The angrier they are, the louder they will have to shout to hear each other across that distance.”
The saint continued, “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.”
He explained, “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 need not even whisper, they only look at each other and that’s all. That is how close two people are when they love each other.
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.”
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