Small Minds & Big Hearts

What does one normally do when up against Small-Minded People? Is your Heart Big enough to overlook and gloss over that small-mindedness? Are you ever tempted to match size for size?

What gives rise in the first place to petty overtures? Is it pride? Is it ego? Could it perhaps, deep down, be a reflection of one's insecurity, and self-realisation of one's own failings and inadequacies?

How does one make his heart big enough for such featherweight opponents? Will resilience and quiet solitude make it disappear and go away? Or does one need to attempt to embrace the flighty ideology and try to bridge the great divide in understanding and communication. Will eating humble pie help? Or will it simply bring on seizures and a massive cardiac arrest?

Perhaps the most appropriate response when face to face with a small-minded person, is to accept that there are varying degrees of physical dispositions in each of us, and that unless we do a thorough physical examination of ourselves, we may never truly know for certain which camp we belong to.