Strengths and Weaknesses
A young man was filling up an application form for admission to the University.
In reply to a request to ‘list your personal strengths’, honestly he wrote, “Sometimes I am trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean and reverent.”
Further down the form was the heading, ‘list your weaknesses’. And in all sincerity he wrote, “Sometimes I am not trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, thrifty, brave, clean and reverent”.
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Is that not more or less the case with most of us ordinary mortals? No one is totally strong, nor totally weak. The difference in the frequency of the two ‘sometimes’ is what makes the difference. No one is totally good nor totally bad.
About the author: Fr. Jose Kaimlett
Rev. Dr. Jose Kaimlett has been a Catholic Priest from April 1966. He has a doctorate in Canon Law. He is a great visionary who has been contributing enormously to the Catholic Church and to the society at large both as a missionary and philanthropist. He is the founder of Heralds of Good News (HGN), Sisters of Good News (SGN) and Missionaries of Compassion (MoC). These three communities (together) have inspired hundreds of young men and women to dedicate their lives for serving the society at various levels.
He has established numerous educational, health and charitable institutions in India and abroad. He is currently engaged in developing a full-fledged Cancer Hospital and Research Centre at Eluru, Andhra Pradesh, and a Centre for Higher Education in Tanzania.
