Friday, 26 April 2013


“A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks; he becomes.”

Gandhi really lives for his morals and it's not just talk, action is followed. He proves himself right. For example this quote in the movie is well represented. I think the scene that shows that the most is especially by the end. When the muslims and hindus are at war and using violence against each other in the street, killing and blood spilling. 
When Gandhi hears about this, he decides to start fasting. He fasts because he has fought a war to no violence and has proven it to be effective and feels as though his actions to find peace have been wasted. He fasts so that people would realize that they are not just hurting each other physically. In this case he thinks it is better to die than live in this world who is so weak to violence. Therefore he becomes weak. 
The class has thought about that action, and how much effect it had. Gandhi was already known and cared for as well as respected, thus his weak state and close death was not ignored, nor did anyone actually want him to be in that state. He was able to stop the violence and keep the peace by fasting. That is powerful, Gandhi's influence was huge and was known for his "thoughts" or beliefs, and people were ready to let go of the anger to keep Gandhi so the world stays a better place. 
This is proved by this next quote ""I am a Muslim, and a Hindu, and a Christian and a Jew; and so are you." 
Gandhi says this while passing through a crowd of Hindu protesters on his way to meet Mr. Jinnah. He says this because he does not want religion to define a human being or for it to be a reason to hate others. In a way he says this to explain that we are all children of God and therefore equal. 

Sunday, 7 April 2013

Second chances

We have all made mistakes that we regretted and asked for forgiveness to those who we have caused troubles. Sometimes that is not enough, sometimes it is believed that the only way to fix a mistake is to go back in time because and change our own story. It is not easy. But the first step is to forgive ourselves. Sometimes it is needed to move on. It is only when we are at our lowest point that we know we can only rise from there. After being stepped on and brought down all one can do is to gather all their forces and the knowledge that they learned from the being down low to bring themselves up again, stronger than before.
It is the trust and the love of others that keep us going. We can only be there for each other. I will use the wise words of Hannah Montana and say "Every body makes mistakes, Every body has those days"

As long as we learn from our mistakes and acknowledge our regrets that we can make it sure not to do it again and therefore become a better person. All we need is a little push, encouragement, generosity. It is most important to learn how to forgive and how to love.