“All that we do is done with an eye to something else” – ARISTOTLE

When we do something, we often hide our true motives.

There are times that we don’t obviously tell the reasons about the things we
say or do. Sometimes we tend to hide our true intentions in deciding about something
or in doing something. More often than not, we are even misunderstood or not
understood because other people don’t know that behind the things that we do, there
are unspoken reasons that only our minds know and only our hearts can tell. And so, I
definitely agree to this quote.

At times, we even do things that we don’t really want to do because we have

no choice but can’t express our real intentions in doing so.

Just like at home, our parents could nag us all day long. I’m sure they are not
happy to do that but still they do, thinking that it is good for us. Same goes with our
teachers, they sometimes give us failing grades or low marks not because they hate us
but because they want us to do better and study harder.

We often misunderstood people because we only look at their actions and not
think about their motives.

This quote applies to these two literary works: "Ballad of a Mother’s Heart" by
Jose La Villa Tierra. It is a Ballad, a narrative poem or a poem that tells a story; and
"The Prodigal Son", Luke 15:11-32, a Parable.

“Ballad of a Mother’s Heart”, an amazing literary piece, is an excellent example

for the quote.

The fourth and fifth stanzas:

“There’s not a thing I would not do for you beloved”, said he.
“Then go”, said she, ”to your mother dear, and bring her heart to me”.

Without another word youth left and went to his mother dear,
And open her breast and took her heart…He did not shed a tear!

These lines show us how we often do or say something that we don’t really
need to explain but there are just people who at times misunderstood us. I believe
that in the fourth stanza, the maiden wants to point out that she needs the love and
acceptance of the boy’s mother before the boy’s love. I think that she didn’t mean
literally that she wants his mother’s heart but the boy in the fifth stanza took it
literally.

Another good example is “The Prodigal Son”.

In Luke Chapter 15 verses 23 and 24:

23Bring the fattened calf and kill it, and let us eat and celebrate. 24For this my son was
dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to celebrate.
 The action of the father towards his prodigal son made his older son envious
and said to his father at Chapter 15 verses 29 and 30:

29Look these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed your command, yet
you never gave me a young goat that I might celebrate with my friends. 30But
when this son of yours came, who has devoured your property, you killed the
fattened fat for him.

It is true that when we are being misunderstood, problems may arise. Our
relationships may be torn apart, family members may squabble or violence may break
out. But still, people do what they do because they have reasons. We just have to be
understanding about each other.

Bear in mind that sometimes you don’t have to explain yourself. Not everything needs
to be explained. Let’s accept the individuality of all and allow others to lead their lives
as exclamations, not explanations. So, we should be reasonable. Don’t just look on the
actions that are visible in our eyes but also on the motives that only our hearts can see
and understand.