Article appeared in India Empire magazine, New Delhi, Jan 2010
By: Susan M. Griffith-Jones
Rather than trying to right others, if each one of us were to concentrate on improving his or her life alone, then the natural result would be certainly beneficial for all.
Drops of Being is a story of a woman’s adventure along the road of life. Noticing many things as she passes the windy path of ‘day-by-day’, she ends up assimilating her findings in a series of letters that are addressed to her loved one.
‘So we can do nothing, but start by improving ourselves, you and me.’
She brings the problem of life back to square one. Rather than trying to right others, if each one of us were to concentrate on improving his or her life alone, then the natural result would be certainly beneficial for all.
These are easy words to sum up, but the real question lies in how we are supposed to do this ‘improving ourselves’.