大象传媒

Good morning!

It is said that good manners will open doors that the best education cannot. I remember my childhood days in Malawi when I would go to my father鈥檚 spices and groceries shop at the weekends. I saw his good manners towards his staff and customers. Not surprisingly, his business did rather well. The local newspaper even did a story on it. We have the newspaper cutting which shows my beaming mother displaying her spices and my late father proudly looking on.

I love it when people bring good manners to the workplace. The other day a colleague of mine was getting up to make a cup of tea. She asked if I would also like one and I gratefully accepted her offer. I believe such manners work wonders for team bonding and boosts morale. We spend a considerable amount of time at work and it鈥檚 always nice to experience good manners.

I try my best to display good manners and when I struggle, especially when I鈥檓 angry or unhappy about something someone has done, or not done, I remind myself that people are not automated machines programmed to always display good manners - I too have my own shortcomings. What鈥檚 important is that I treat everyone well. I鈥檓 inspired to do this by the golden rule which Jesus taught, 鈥淒o unto others as you would have them do unto you.鈥� The Prophet Muhammad declared, 鈥淭he one with the most accomplished faith out of all of you is the one who has the best manners.鈥�

I pray that God enables us to display the best manners wherever we are, amin.