Or the story of the cool uncle
I work with this uncle who is quite nice and good-natured. No one really understands why he's so good, but everyone just feels comfortable and at ease around him while working.
Today, I saw how he solved a problem, and I understood (partly) why.
Here's a simple summary of the issue: everyone works on the same task until it's completed. During this process, each person creates relatively complex and small burdens. The person responsible for finishing the task gets very tired having to solve all these accumulated problems.
It's like a game where everyone passes the bomb to each other, and the last person gets the brunt of it.
Whoever is unlucky suffers and has to deal with all the hassle. And no one cares to change the system; they just leave it be, as long as they're not the one suffering.
But this uncle didn't like that; he thought it was wrong, so he found a way to fix it. I asked him why he bothered, and he said, "I've suffered from this, so I don't want to keep suffering, nor do I want others to keep suffering because of this stupid arrangement. Plus, I feel this is something I need and want to do, so I do it."
Oh, it turns out this uncle has a lot of compassion and empathy in his heart. He understands his own hardships, understands others' hardships, and wants to reduce that suffering.
With that compassion and understanding, he came up with some really good ways to organize things, not requiring much effort from everyone to change, yet significantly reducing the burden on the person finishing up.
When asked how he thinks of these clever methods, he said, "I don't really think much; I've got a lot of experience with this. I just ask myself how to make it lighter, then whatever I'm unsure about, I try it out to see the outcome, and I adjust the method until it's good."
Then I do it that way and tell others to follow. If it's less effort, people will follow.
The funny thing is, not many people recognize this change; they just feel the work is lighter, less daunting, and the uncle doesn't even bother to explain. Only I, who avoids work and likes to observe, asked about it out of curiosity. Hahaha.
So, compassion breeds wisdom. I suddenly thought of that after talking with the uncle.
The sky today is high, clear, and beautifully strange...
Or the story of the cool uncle
I work with this uncle who is quite nice and good-natured. No one really understands why he's so good, but everyone just feels comfortable and at ease around him while working.
Today, I saw how he solved a problem, and I understood (partly) why.
Here's a simple summary of the issue: everyone works on the same task until it's completed. During this process, each person creates relatively complex and small burdens. The person responsible for finishing the task gets very tired having to solve all these accumulated problems.
It's like a game where everyone passes the bomb to each other, and the last person gets the brunt of it.
Whoever is unlucky suffers and has to deal with all the hassle. And no one cares to change the system; they just leave it be, as long as they're not the one suffering.
But this uncle didn't like that; he thought it was wrong, so he found a way to fix it. I asked him why he bothered, and he said, "I've suffered from this, so I don't want to keep suffering, nor do I want others to keep suffering because of this stupid arrangement. Plus, I feel this is something I need and want to do, so I do it."
Oh, it turns out this uncle has a lot of compassion and empathy in his heart. He understands his own hardships, understands others' hardships, and wants to reduce that suffering.
With that compassion and understanding, he came up with some really good ways to organize things, not requiring much effort from everyone to change, yet significantly reducing the burden on the person finishing up.
When asked how he thinks of these clever methods, he said, "I don't really think much; I've got a lot of experience with this. I just ask myself how to make it lighter, then whatever I'm unsure about, I try it out to see the outcome, and I adjust the method until it's good."
Then I do it that way and tell others to follow. If it's less effort, people will follow.
The funny thing is, not many people recognize this change; they just feel the work is lighter, less daunting, and the uncle doesn't even bother to explain. Only I, who avoids work and likes to observe, asked about it out of curiosity. Hahaha.
So, compassion breeds wisdom. I suddenly thought of that after talking with the uncle.
The sky today is high, clear, and beautifully strange...
