As we complete this term’s exploration of Respect, our assembly reading next week comes from the Dalai Lama. His point centres on motivation, not in the everyday sense of drive or effort, but deeper than that: the why behind what we do. The same action, physical, verbal, or even in thought, can be respectful or hollow depending entirely on what motivated it. Two children might do identical things, and yet one acts from genuine care and the other simply to be seen to do the right thing. The actions are the same; their quality is not.
What follows from this is practical. If the intention is good, the actions tend to take care of themselves. The focus is on the why, and at its best, the why is concern for others rather than for ourselves.
Julian Wilcock
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