Good Manners
Introduction:
Good manners are the external expressions of
one’s inner goodness and education. They generate a good and welcome response. A
gentle behavior stirs the environment and a sensitive man or woman virtually
responds to soothing behavior from his or her counterpart. There is a saying, “A
tree is known by the fruits it bears, a man is known by the company he keeps.”
How
to acquire good manners: Good manners can beget good manners.
But different people of different levels behave in different ways, maybe well
and rule. Well-developed societies show much regard or respect for their
elders. Because they learn this from an observation of their ancestors or
pre-built heritage. Good manners can be inherited from good, educated, and
well-mannered or well-behaved families. So goes a wise saying, “ A good company
makes a man good while a bad one makes him bad.” If anyone becomes accustomed
to good manners or behaves well, he can under no circumstance misbehave with
anyone. So moral education is all important. From their earliest years, children
must be taught the difference between right and wrong and trained to love and
follow what is right and hate and avoid what is wrong. So training means the
formation of character on the right lines. Its object is to bring children up in such
a way that they will grow up to be truth-loving, honest, brave, pure-minded, and
unselfish men and women. The home is the best school for moral education.
School-masters cannot get into such close touch with their pupils as can
parents with their own children. Moreover, moral education must begin in the child's earliest years, long before he can go to school. And these early
years are the most important.
A
good-mannered man: A good-mannered man is polite and
courteous. He respects the views and opinions of others although they differ
from his own. He listens patiently to what others have to say. He neither uses
harsh words to others nor does anything that may offend others. He readily
admits his own faults and acknowledges kind acts. He never boasts of his riches
or anything. He does not, in any way, show that he is better or wiser than his
companions. There is goodness in all that he says or does.
An
ill-mannered man: An ill-mannered man is rude and rough. He
has no respect for the feeling of others. He tries to speak when another is
speaking. He tries to thrust his offensive remarks. He shows bad manners in
various ways. A man of unpolished manners is not liked by anyone.
Conclusion:
Good
manners make life pleasant, smooth, and easy. Hence man makes manners and
manners make him a real man. Good manners and civilization are closely linked.
Gold is always gold whether it is in possession of any rich or poor man. Good
manners are not only confined to the upper classes of people. They may be found
among all classes – rich or poor. Good manners do not cost anything but the gain
of our love and respect.
