(Reproduced from the July issue of Dynamic Youth free HRD magazine) www.dynamicyouth.org



The Hero (Story)
NISREEN DR. SK. ABBAS MERCHANT

In the wake of Chicago's worst ever winter, when all of the rooftops were loaded, many overloaded with snow. Mr. Robert McGrath saw his wife run out to the backyard garage to fetch some boxes.

Seconds later, he heard the crash. Looking out, he saw the roof of the garage had caved in. McGrath did not stop for hat or coat; he immediately ran from the house, grabbed a snow shovel, and called out for the neighbors to help.

Yelling and digging, with sweat freezing on his face-throwing snow and pulling away boards, he heard her voice and then saw her hand. He kept digging, throwing, and pulling.

Within minutes, he had his wife in his arms and was sobbing "Are you all right? Are you all right? I thought you were hurt, I love you so much honey."
She was fine.

What Mr. Robert McGrath did not know was this:

Mrs. McGrath had gone into the garage through one door and out through another one. She was safe in the house when she looked out and saw her husband digging, shouting orders, and throwing planks of wood feverishly trying to rescue her. She could not let her gallant rescuer down, so she put her coat on again and went outside and quietly entered the garage through the back door jumping over the wrecked planks of wood and allowed her husband to be her hero.

Nisreen Dr. Sk. Abbas Merchant
NLP Master Practitioner &Clinical Hypnotherapist
(specializing in Behavior Modification)
+919869043341
nisreenmerchant@yahoo.co.in


Discussion
K S VENKATARAMAN

The motto of the story, as I understand it, is this:

A Hero is always a manifestation. When the circumstances, opportunity, presence of mind etc., combine favorably, ordinary fellows get highlighted as heroes. Under the same life-situation, you and I also may have acted as heroes; but we did not get that life-situation.

In the story, Mr. Robert McGrath got an opportunity to give expression to the heroism within him. A crisis, opportunity to do something big and give expression of the innate nobility and love towards his wife, the possibility of success etc., combined favorably and he was emerging as a hero rightfully.

The fact that the crisis was not real was not known to him or others. So he was acting truthfully.

Only his wife knew that the crisis was not real. She was a clever lady. She would not spoil a beautiful opportunity of her husband to give expression to the potential heroism in him. She thought, "See, my dear husband, how truthfully he has summoned his resources and is bringing out the best in him. What a good opportunity is this for him, to show his love towards me! What a tremendous opportunity is this for him, to show his personality in good light to himself and others! Such an opportunity for his 'personality development' should not go waste. I would really get caught in a worse crisis, only if my husband would emerge as a hero in his own estimation and in the view of others. I shall convert this unreal situation into a real situation and help his personality development." And, she played her role beautifully.

On the other hand, there are some persons, who would like to pierce the balloon with a pin and destroy the whole show.

I do not say that we should encourage false claims or stage-managed affairs. But we may definitely sing along a little, only if it would help boost somebody's self confidence and self esteem. We do not have to rush to display our higher and special knowledge to prove that the other person was only fooling himself.

If a child on your shoulders claims that he is taller than you, what do you do? You don't put him down, bring a tape, measure yourself and the child, and convince him that he was not taller than you. You simply join him and exclaim, "Oh, how come, you grew so fast!"

After all, even if the situation was real, Robert McGrath would have acted only as he did. He was not acting to cheat anybody. So his wife, a trainer par excellence, helped him to become a contented and happy person by serving him a healthy pabulum. This educates us in personality development.

I would have given a title to this story, as 'Hero and Heroine".

Nisreen Dr. Sk. Abbas Merchant deserves to be thanked for this beauriful thought provoking story.

K S Venkataraman
Associate Editor
Dynamic Youth Online Magazine
www.dynamicyouth.org
Dynamicyouth_development@yahoo.com

(Reproduced from the July issue of Dynamic Youth free HRD magazine) www.dynamicyouth.org



The Hero (Story)
NISREEN DR. SK. ABBAS MERCHANT

In the wake of Chicago's worst ever winter, when all of the rooftops were loaded, many overloaded with snow. Mr. Robert McGrath saw his wife run out to the backyard garage to fetch some boxes.

Seconds later, he heard the crash. Looking out, he saw the roof of the garage had caved in. McGrath did not stop for hat or coat; he immediately ran from the house, grabbed a snow shovel, and called out for the neighbors to help.

Yelling and digging, with sweat freezing on his face-throwing snow and pulling away boards, he heard her voice and then saw her hand. He kept digging, throwing, and pulling.

Within minutes, he had his wife in his arms and was sobbing "Are you all right? Are you all right? I thought you were hurt, I love you so much honey."
She was fine.

What Mr. Robert McGrath did not know was this:

Mrs. McGrath had gone into the garage through one door and out through another one. She was safe in the house when she looked out and saw her husband digging, shouting orders, and throwing planks of wood feverishly trying to rescue her. She could not let her gallant rescuer down, so she put her coat on again and went outside and quietly entered the garage through the back door jumping over the wrecked planks of wood and allowed her husband to be her hero.

Nisreen Dr. Sk. Abbas Merchant
NLP Master Practitioner &Clinical Hypnotherapist
(specializing in Behavior Modification)
+919869043341
nisreenmerchant@yahoo.co.in


Discussion
K S VENKATARAMAN

The motto of the story, as I understand it, is this:

A Hero is always a manifestation. When the circumstances, opportunity, presence of mind etc., combine favorably, ordinary fellows get highlighted as heroes. Under the same life-situation, you and I also may have acted as heroes; but we did not get that life-situation.

In the story, Mr. Robert McGrath got an opportunity to give expression to the heroism within him. A crisis, opportunity to do something big and give expression of the innate nobility and love towards his wife, the possibility of success etc., combined favorably and he was emerging as a hero rightfully.

The fact that the crisis was not real was not known to him or others. So he was acting truthfully.

Only his wife knew that the crisis was not real. She was a clever lady. She would not spoil a beautiful opportunity of her husband to give expression to the potential heroism in him. She thought, "See, my dear husband, how truthfully he has summoned his resources and is bringing out the best in him. What a good opportunity is this for him, to show his love towards me! What a tremendous opportunity is this for him, to show his personality in good light to himself and others! Such an opportunity for his 'personality development' should not go waste. I would really get caught in a worse crisis, only if my husband would emerge as a hero in his own estimation and in the view of others. I shall convert this unreal situation into a real situation and help his personality development." And, she played her role beautifully.

On the other hand, there are some persons, who would like to pierce the balloon with a pin and destroy the whole show.

I do not say that we should encourage false claims or stage-managed affairs. But we may definitely sing along a little, only if it would help boost somebody's self confidence and self esteem. We do not have to rush to display our higher and special knowledge to prove that the other person was only fooling himself.

If a child on your shoulders claims that he is taller than you, what do you do? You don't put him down, bring a tape, measure yourself and the child, and convince him that he was not taller than you. You simply join him and exclaim, "Oh, how come, you grew so fast!"

After all, even if the situation was real, Robert McGrath would have acted only as he did. He was not acting to cheat anybody. So his wife, a trainer par excellence, helped him to become a contented and happy person by serving him a healthy pabulum. This educates us in personality development.

I would have given a title to this story, as 'Hero and Heroine".

Nisreen Dr. Sk. Abbas Merchant deserves to be thanked for this beauriful thought provoking story.

K S Venkataraman
Associate Editor
Dynamic Youth Online Magazine
www.dynamicyouth.org
Dynamicyouth_development@yahoo.com

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