A modest calling can be made dignified by good temper and kindly feeling'.Explain the statement with examples.
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A modest calling can be made dignified by good temper and kindly feeling describes ad to how one should be kind and compassionate towards others.
- The phrase has been taken from the story On Saying Please by A.G. Gardiner.
- Gardiner has cited the bus conductor's caring gestures, reflecting high moral values and helping everyone irrespective of anything.
- He also mentions an incident where a passenger was not asked to get off the bus when he forgot to bring money, but instead was paid for the ticket.
- Another example, as to how a lift man lost his temper and pushed another man out. Such reckless behaviour cost him his freedom.
- The lift-man suffered only from his behaviour. Whereas if he had taken up the moral high ground and remained polite towards man, he may have changed the way the man addressed him.
Answer:
One can carry out one’s profession with great dignity irrespective of its nature. In fact, the need for good temper and kindly feeling is universally required to carry out any kind of calling. To cite some examples, a cobbler at a local railway station in Mumbai who speaks extremely courteously to his customers and does a quick and nice job of polishing or mending shoes even during the morning rush hours. I have been seeing him for eight years now at the same place, rendering his services as cheerfully as ever to his customers, many of whom are regulars to his stall.
Another example is that of the bus conductor had every right to throw the writer out of the bus as he did not have money to pay his fare. But he avoided the ugly scene and allowed him to travel. When he trampled on the writer’s foot with his heavy boot, he was quick to apologise. Thus discourteousness might not be a legal offence but it is definitely a moral offence which can be easily rectified by practising restraint, courtesy. But we need to groom ourselves for achieving all these qualities.