The Power of Association
Toronto, Ontarion
One of the boys in our community was having a bit of a substance abuse problem. Knowing of his culinary and gardening skills I thought,” here is a man of expressiveness and creativity. “If only I could engage him in the dramas for the festival two weeks away. Most people just need to keep busy and be enveloped in positive activities and especially if there is some latent talent there.
So I tried him out and gave him a script. His reading was natural, articulate and full of emotion. I thought, “A star is born!” He struck me that much. “Leading man material perhaps. “
It is relieving and exciting when you come upon a gifted person. The trouble he had from the start was being in bad association. From what I could see his parents are together and are caring and loving. So they were not the problem. It was just as the saying goes, “got mixed up in the wrong crowd”.
Most of us are like the chameleon - we take on the colour of our environment. Or to express it otherwise as put in the Bhagavatam that association is like a crystal which reflects whatever it is in contact with!
To correct the effect of bad company start associating with good company.
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