Saturday, December 24, 2022

Squandered Opportunity !

When we went shopping yesterday, the mall was busier than normal with families taking their children out and soaking up the holiday cheer.

As we waited for our order to come, we spotted a father, a mature son, and a young girl, maybe around ten years old, at the counter next to us.

She was pleading with her brother to accompany her as she wanted to show him something in another aisle, but because he was engaged in a conversation with the father, she left him alone and returned alone running a short while later, slamming into my wife and knocking her cell phone flying.

She halted in her steps, and the father gave us a quick glance before turning to face the other direction as if nothing had happened.

There were no noticeable indicators of damage from the fall when we answered the phone.

Although accidents can be avoided, they still occur for a variety of reasons.

However, I believe it was a squandered opportunity if you did not take the chance to learn something worthwhile from the incident or accident.

All parents want to teach their kids manners and etiquette, but few choose to take advantage of opportunities to do so when they arise.

We weren't furious or irritated, but at the time we shared the child's astonishment.

I believe that the parent lost an excellent teaching opportunity by turning aside and looking in another direction.

If I were in his position, I would have encouraged my kid to take responsibility for what happened and apologize for the incident but I would stand by her side for her moral support.

If you miss out on possibilities today, don't point the finger at anyone when you observe adults and children acting inappropriately in public settings the next day.

āļŠāļēේ āļ…āļ´ි āˇƒාāļ´්āļ´ු āˇƒāˇ€ාāļģි āļēāļą āˇ€ිāļ§, āˇƒාāļ´්āļ´ු āˇƒංāļšීāļģ්āļĢāļē āˇƒාāļ¸ාāļą්‍āļē āļ¸āļ§්āļ§āļ¸āļ§ āˇ€āļŠා āļšාāļģ්āļēāļļāˇ„ුāļŊ āˇ€ිāļē, āļ´āˇ€ුāļŊ් āļ­āļ¸ āļ¯āļģුāˇ€āļą් āļ´ිāļ§āļ­āļ§ āļœෙāļą āļœොāˇƒ් āļąිāˇ€ාāļŠු āļ´්‍āļģීāļ­ිāļē āļ‹āļ¯්āļ¯ීāļ´āļąāļē āļšāˇ…āˇ„.

āļ…āļ´ි āļ…āļ´ේ āļ‡āļĢāˇ€ුāļ¸ āļ‘āļąāļ­ුāļģු āļļāļŊා āˇƒිāļ§ිāļą āˇ€ිāļ§, āļ…āļ´ āļ…āˇƒāļŊ āļšāˇ€ුāļą්āļ§āļģāļēේ āļ´ිāļēෙāļšු, āļ´āļģිāļĢāļ­ āļ´ුāļ­ෙāļšු āˇƒāˇ„ āˇ€āļēāˇƒ āļ…āˇ€ුāļģුāļ¯ු āļ¯āˇ„āļēāļš āļ´āļ¸āļĢ āˇ€āļēāˇƒැāļ­ි āļ­āļģුāļĢ āļœැāˇ„ැāļĢු āˇ…āļ¸āļēෙāļšු āļ…āļ´ි āļ¯ුāļ§ුāˇ€ෙāļ¸ු.

āļ‡āļē āļ­āļ¸ āˇƒොāˇ„ොāļēුāļģාāļ§ āˇ€ෙāļąāļ­් āļ…āļą්āļ­āļģාāļŊāļēāļš āļēāļ¸āļš් āļ´ෙāļą්āˇ€ීāļ¸āļ§ āļ…āˇ€āˇ්‍āļē āļļැāˇ€ිāļą් āļ­āļ¸ා āˇƒāļ¸āļŸ āļ‘āļą āļŊෙāˇƒ āļ‰āļŊ්āļŊා āˇƒිāļ§ි āļąāļ¸ුāļ­් āļ”āˇ„ු āļ´ිāļēා āˇƒāļ¸āļŸ āļšāļ­ාāˇ€ේ āļēෙāļ¯ී āˇƒිāļ§ි āļąිāˇƒා āļ‡āļē āļ”āˇ„ුāˇ€ āļ­āļąි āļšāļģ āļ§ිāļš āˇ€ේāļŊාāˇ€āļšāļ§ āļ´āˇƒු āļ­āļąිāˇ€āļ¸ āļ¯ුāˇ€ āļœොāˇƒ් āļ¸āļœේ āļļිāļģිāļŗāļœේ āļ‡āļœේ āļœැāļ§ුāļąා. āļ’ āˇƒāļ¸āļœāļ¸ āļ‡āļœේ āļĸංāļœāļ¸ āļ¯ුāļģāļšāļ­āļąāļē āˇ€ිāˇƒිāˇ€ී āļœොāˇƒ් āļļිāļ¸āļ§ āˇ€ැāļ§ුāļąා

āļ‡āļē āļ´ිāļēāˇ€āļģෙāļą් āļ´ිāļēāˇ€āļģ āļąāļ­āļģ āˇ€ූ āļ…āļ­āļģ, āļšිāˇƒිāˇ€āļš් āˇƒිāļ¯ු āļąොāˇ€ූāˇ€ාāļš් āļ¸ෙāļą් āļ…āļąෙāļš් āļ¯ිāˇාāˇ€āļ§ āˇ„ැāļģāˇ€ීāļ¸āļ§ āļ´ෙāļģ āļ´ිāļēා āļ…āļ´ āˇ€ෙāļ­ āļ‰āļš්āļ¸āļą් āļļැāļŊ්āļ¸āļš් āˇ„ෙāˇ…ීāļē.

āļ¯ුāļģāļšāļŽāļąāļēāļ§ āˇ€ැāļ§ීāļ¸ෙāļą් āˇƒිāļ¯ුāˇ€ූ āˇ„ාāļąිāļē āļ´ිāˇ…ිāļļāļŗ āˇƒැāļŊāļšිāļē āļēුāļ­ු āļ¯āļģ්āˇāļš āļąොāļ¸ැāļ­.

āļ…āļąāļ­ුāļģු āˇ€āˇ…āļš්āˇ€ා āļœāļ­ āˇ„ැāļšි āˇ€ුāˇ€āļ¯, āļ’āˇ€ා āļ­āˇ€āļ¸āļ­් āˇ€ිāˇ€ිāļ° āˇ„ේāļ­ු āļąිāˇƒා āˇƒිāļ¯ු āˇ€ේ.

āļšෙāˇƒේ āˇ€ෙāļ­āļ­්, āˇƒිāļ¯්āļ°ිāļēෙāļą් āˇ€āļ§ිāļąා āļ¯ෙāļēāļš් āļ‰āļœෙāļą āļœැāļąීāļ¸āļ§ āļ”āļļ āļ…āˇ€āˇƒ්āļŽාāˇ€āļš් āļąොāļœāļ­්āļ­ේ āļąāļ¸් āļ‘āļē āļ…āļ´āļ­ේ āļœිāļē āļ…āˇ€āˇƒ්āļŽාāˇ€āļš් āļļāˇ€ āļ¸āļ¸ āˇ€ිāˇ්āˇ€ාāˇƒ āļšāļģāļ¸ි.

āˇƒිāļēāļŊුāļ¸ āļ¯ෙāļ¸ාāļ´ිāļēāļą් āļ­āļ¸ āļ¯āļģුāˇ€āļą්āļ§ āļ†āļ ාāļģ āˇ€ිāļ°ි āļ‰āļœැāļą්āˇ€ීāļ¸āļ§ āļ…āˇ€āˇ්‍āļē āļąāļ¸ුāļ­්, āļ”āˇ€ුāļą් āļ‡āļ­ි āˇ€ූ āˇ€ිāļ§ āļ’ āˇƒāļŗāˇ„ා āļ…āˇ€āˇƒ්āļŽා āļ´්‍āļģāļēෝāļĸāļąāļēāļ§ āļœැāļąීāļ¸āļ§ āļ­ෝāļģා āļœāļą්āļąේ āˇƒ්āˇ€āļŊ්āļ´ āļ¯ෙāļąෙāļšි.

āļ…āļ´ි āļšෝāļ´āļēāļ§ āļ´āļ­් āļąොāˇ€ූ āļąāļ¸ුāļ­් āļ’ āļ…āˇ€āˇƒ්āļŽාāˇ€ේ āļ…āļ´ි āļ¯āļģුāˇ€ාāļœේ āˇ€ිāˇƒ්āļ¸āļē āļļෙāļ¯ා āļœāļ­්āļ­ෙāļ¸ු.

āļ´ැāļ­්āļ­āļšāļ§ āˇ€ෙāļŊා āˇ€ෙāļąāļ­් āļ´ැāļ­්āļ­āļš් āļļāļŊāļŊා āļ¯ෙāļ¸āˇ€්āļ´ිāļēෝ āˇ€ිāˇිāˇ‚්āļ¨ āļ‰āļœැāļą්āˇ€ීāļ¸ේ āļ…āˇ€āˇƒ්āļŽාāˇ€āļš් āļąැāļ­ිāļšāļģāļœāļ­්āļ­ා āļšිāļēāļŊා āļ¸āļ¸ āˇ€ිāˇ්āˇ€ාāˇƒ āļšāļģāļąāˇ€ා.

āļ¸āļ¸ āļ”āˇ„ුāļœේ āļ­āļąāļ­ුāļģේ āˇƒිāļ§ිāļēා āļąāļ¸්, āˇƒිāļ¯ු āˇ€ූ āļ¯ෙāļēāļ§ āˇ€āļœāļšීāļ¸ āļˇාāļģ āļœැāļąීāļ¸āļ§āļ­්, āˇƒිāļ¯ුāˇ€ීāļ¸āļ§ āˇƒāļ¸ාāˇ€ āļœැāļąීāļ¸āļ§āļ­් āļ¸āļ¸ āļ¸āļœේ āļ¯āļģුāˇ€ාāļ§ āļ¯ිāļģිāļœāļą්āˇ€āļą්āļąෙāļ¸ි, āļąāļ¸ුāļ­් āļ‡āļœේ  āˇƒāˇ„āļēෝāļœāļē āˇƒāļŗāˇ„ා āļ¸āļ¸ āļ‡āļœේ āļ´ැāļ­්āļ­ේ āˇƒිāļ§ිāļ¸ි.

āļ…āļ¯ āļ”āļļāļ§ āļ…āˇ€āˇƒ්āļŽාāˇ€āļą් āļ¸āļœ āˇ„ැāļģී āļœිāļēāˇ„ොāļ­්, āļ´āˇƒුāļ¯ා āļ´්‍āļģāˇƒිāļ¯්āļ° āˇƒ්āļŽාāļąāˇ€āļŊ āˇ€ැāļŠිāˇ„ිāļ§ිāļēāļą් āˇƒāˇ„ āˇ…āļ¸āļēිāļą් āļąුāˇƒුāļ¯ුāˇƒු āļŊෙāˇƒ āļš්‍āļģිāļēා āļšāļģāļą āļļāˇ€ āļ”āļļ āļąිāļģීāļš්āˇ‚āļĢāļē āļšāļģāļą āˇ€ිāļ§ āļšිāˇƒිāˇ€ෙāļšුāļ§ āļ‡āļŸිāļŊ්āļŊ āļ¯ිāļœු āļąොāļšāļģāļą්āļą.

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