Interviews and Commentaries
The Proof that Gratitude Exists
Sri Chinmoy offered the following comments about a letter of gratitude received by his disciple Mitali, a schoolteacher, from one of her former students.Here is the proof that gratitude exists. A little boy after so many years wrote such a beautiful letter to his teacher. I was so moved that there are people like this little boy. When we see a letter like this, it is worth living on earth. A Russian boy has offered such gratitude.
Gratitude, gratitude, gratitude! I have never seen a letter like this.
This kind of gratitude-letter can change the fate of any human being, not to speak of our own family members. Some of you are teachers, and all of you have been students. I have never seen, and perhaps I will never see, a student who is so unreservedly grateful to his teacher.
Mitali, I am extremely, extremely proud of you. You have shown this little child what compassion is and what concern is. If we have compassion, if we have concern, then we can easily transform this world.
15 May 2002, Public School 86
