Dear SmilingOne
I want to thank you for helping me to find my new journey to spiritual freedom and happiness.
I am Thabo M. I am 58 years of age and I am serving 18 years imprisonment as from 2000 for armed robbery.
I had a great deal of negative and destructive values e.g. anger, hate, hurt, selfishness and non-forgiveness.
In 2008 I was honoured to have met Karina & Sarah. We formed an instant understanding and a solid relationship. You offered me a book THE RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUAL. This book developed our bond of relationship further. This book transformed me from all the negativity to someone who can radiate love and kindness to all sentient beings.
I cannot change the painful shadow of my past, but I have a great chance of changing my future. We all make mistakes in life and it is very important to learn from them and not to repeat them.
Since I’ve involved myself with SmilingOne it is my daily journey of Self-Discovery. The turning point of my life, discovering Self, is finding out what my limits are and where my heart lies. I am forever controlling my bad habits and trying to cultivate good ones. I have learnt about the importance and the invisible strength of compassion and loving kindness and how to be tolerant and accepting, taking life as it comes and not fighting against the current. I am discovering a deep reserve of inner strength right inside myself, feeling the joy of satisfaction of loving a good simple life and a blame free life.
I now know that it is not necessary to give up my life for other people to become completely selfless. A huge amount is what I have achieved just by not harming those around me and not causing pain for others through dictatorship, selfishness and inconsideration. After I’ve stopped hurting other people with words and deeds, my kindness has found room to grow in!
The more I read from this book the more I like and feel the freedom of my new understanding to a whole new dimension. It is amazing to find out that all the people around me have become friendly to each other because of what I share with them. They don’t care what I look like; they accept me with open hearts and minds for the role and impact I bestow upon them.
My desire is to possibly plant the seeds in the minds of the community to fulfil my obligations. I am eager to make use of this opportunity.It is indeed a great experience to have met you. You have given to me everything that my heart desired! Thank you very much!
From Thabo M.
