Testing the saint.

What’s the most admirable trait in humans? I’m curious.

Calmness comes to mind as a contestant, so lets unpack that a little.

Most people can be mostly calm. But, few people are always capital CALM.

I knew such a person once. A classmate. We studied together at school.

In the years that I knew her, she never ever broke her patience or calm once. Not once. I never saw her lose patience; never was furious, angry, annoyed or ticked off; never ugly-cried, never was stressed; never made a fuss about anything; never hyper about anything; never swore out of frustration. She was basically a saint.
If there was a silly class vote on- ‘Whose the most….’ or ‘Who’s most likely…’ , she was always unanimously voted -‘Whose the most calm person’.

And I mean it when I say, I haven’t met Dalai Lama but I think she could beat him big time in staying calm. When you’d be her desk partner at school, you’d feel like you’re at the beach listening to the waves peacefully lap against the shore. That’s how it physically felt to be around this friend of mine. and no matter, how hard you tried, there would never be a storm. She was something special.

Nearly 6 years later, (and gosh its been a while), I wonder about this old friend of mine. I don’t know if today adulthood has changed this fascinating trait of hers, but I still think about her in awe and wonder how she does it?

That’s how it feels when you experience admirable human traits. Its a superpower, that has people thinking about you years later.