Happened to turn the tv dial to oprah’s Master class series. I watched Oprah talked about herself and Maya Angelou, too. One question that stood out from both of their talks is “what is it that we came to this world to teach, to offer.” I always thought of the opposite. What is it that we came here to learn. I guess you can look at your life’s meaning in either of these two ways. They both are teachers in their field and they feel at home being the teacher, opening people’s eyes, take away their blind spots. I think I came here to learn. I seldom have the wisdom or mind to teach. I often can’t even figure out what I am supposed to learn and hence get the same lesson over and over again.
I am very thankful that dramas have gone down in my life. And past relationships are being mended sometimes to my pleasant surprise and of no effort of my own. Those years of dramas and emotional turmoils were something I would not wish on anybody. And through them, I learned to be non judgmental and compassionate. I am not perfect, I am still learning. But because of my own experiences, it’s a bit easier to see both sides of a story.
Maya talked about her mom’s passing and reminded me of my mom. I really regret that we did not reach that peaceful understanding for each other in the end. I think she passed away thinking no one cared about her and closed her mind towards me too. That is one of my greatest regret.