Humility

In another lifetime, I attended a series of lectures that were offered by a Hindu Brahmin (Holy Man).

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His lectures were simply worded for all to comprehend.
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His kindness and humility were striking.
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In one of his lectures, when asked to compare religions, he offered the simple explanation of people sitting in a circle with an object in the center.

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As each person attempts to describe that object, their perspective is slightly different, hence their description of that object is slightly different.

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But each person is describing the same thing.

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One of the most striking lessons I learned during the past year meeting town residents was that they have complaints and ideas. Some of their ideas are simple, but cost saving. Many of their complaints had long gone ignored.

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Complaints about the use of fire trucks were pretty impressive, but large red trucks are difficult to ignore.

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That the Middleboro BOS has failed to publicly explain and clarify the personal use of fire trucks after all the complaints that were ignored has defined the BOS.

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Many town residents indicated that they didn't vote in the town elections out of disgust for the choice of candidates.

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Similar comments were made about town meeting being stacked by town employees and intimidation when standing votes were required.

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The issue of intimidation at Town Meeting has long been ignored.

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That the Middleboro BOS, and others who should know better, have historically ignored those voices that describe the same object from a different perspective, proclaims their arrogance.

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Subsequent to the lectures offered by the very humble Hindu Brahmin, I discovered that he was listed in the Who's Who of International Law.

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