Comments on: Objects of delight http://www.anchormast.com/2007/09/14/objects-of-delight/ Your house shall not be an anchor but a mast - Khalil Gibran Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:42:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tess http://www.anchormast.com/2007/09/14/objects-of-delight/comment-page-1/#comment-526 Tess Sun, 16 Sep 2007 16:39:04 +0000 http://www.anchormast.com/2007/09/14/objects-of-delight/#comment-526 Thank you all, and Maya I had a feeling you'd appreciate my cow! Barney - thank you for sharing this story. Oh dear... But at least you can be grateful to this person not only for the coffee but for the lesson, which has clearly stuck! Thank you all, and Maya I had a feeling you’d appreciate my cow!
Barney – thank you for sharing this story. Oh dear… But at least you can be grateful to this person not only for the coffee but for the lesson, which has clearly stuck!

]]> By: lucy http://www.anchormast.com/2007/09/14/objects-of-delight/comment-page-1/#comment-523 lucy Sat, 15 Sep 2007 15:15:01 +0000 http://www.anchormast.com/2007/09/14/objects-of-delight/#comment-523 love seeing your "objects of delight." the "cheesy" gratitude is mutual. so glad you are a part of my life! hope you have a fabulous, restful weekend! love seeing your “objects of delight.” the “cheesy” gratitude is mutual. so glad you are a part of my life!

hope you have a fabulous, restful weekend!

]]> By: Barney http://www.anchormast.com/2007/09/14/objects-of-delight/comment-page-1/#comment-521 Barney Fri, 14 Sep 2007 20:02:47 +0000 http://www.anchormast.com/2007/09/14/objects-of-delight/#comment-521 It's sad how difficult gratitude is for us now in our materialistic society. For too many people the default attitude is one of "you owe me; why would I be grateful when it's your job to give me service?" A good twenty years ago, my wife and I took our children for a trip to the USA. One night we stayed in a Best Western Hotel somewhere in Virginia. When we came down for breakfast in the morning, the tables had not been cleared and there was no sign of anyone to serve us. After we had sat for a while, I got up and went into the kitchen. There I found a waitress smoking. I was furious and bawled her out. She explained that there should be two of them on the morning shift, but the other server hadn't turned up and she couldn't do anything by herself. Fulminating I returned to the table, not at all mollified. As I was having a rant to my wife, someone came up behind me and poured coffee into my cup. Grumpily I said, "About time." My wife kicked my shin under the table. She had noticed what I had failed to observe - that the person who had served us coffee was actually one of the other guests doing an act of service. Even today I blush when I think of my ingratitude to a fellow human being who, instead of complaining, had done something positive to rectify the situation for everyone. The Baha'i prayer book is full of prayers of praise for the Lord. Boy do I need to embrace and sing out those prayers of gratitude! It’s sad how difficult gratitude is for us now in our materialistic society. For too many people the default attitude is one of “you owe me; why would I be grateful when it’s your job to give me service?”

A good twenty years ago, my wife and I took our children for a trip to the USA. One night we stayed in a Best Western Hotel somewhere in Virginia. When we came down for breakfast in the morning, the tables had not been cleared and there was no sign of anyone to serve us. After we had sat for a while, I got up and went into the kitchen. There I found a waitress smoking. I was furious and bawled her out. She explained that there should be two of them on the morning shift, but the other server hadn’t turned up and she couldn’t do anything by herself.

Fulminating I returned to the table, not at all mollified. As I was having a rant to my wife, someone came up behind me and poured coffee into my cup. Grumpily I said, “About time.”

My wife kicked my shin under the table. She had noticed what I had failed to observe – that the person who had served us coffee was actually one of the other guests doing an act of service.

Even today I blush when I think of my ingratitude to a fellow human being who, instead of complaining, had done something positive to rectify the situation for everyone.

The Baha’i prayer book is full of prayers of praise for the Lord. Boy do I need to embrace and sing out those prayers of gratitude!

]]> By: Maya http://www.anchormast.com/2007/09/14/objects-of-delight/comment-page-1/#comment-520 Maya Fri, 14 Sep 2007 14:15:07 +0000 http://www.anchormast.com/2007/09/14/objects-of-delight/#comment-520 Those are so cute. The Buddha's head DOES look very peaceful. That cow teapot is hysterical. Those are so cute. The Buddha’s head DOES look very peaceful. That cow teapot is hysterical.

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