Necessary blindness
The story is told of how a man married a beautiful girl. He loved her very much. One day she developed a skin disease. Slowly she started to lose her beauty. It so happened that one day her husband left for a tour.
While returning, he met with an accident and lost his eyesight. However their married life continued as usual.
But as days passed, she lost her beauty gradually. The blind husband did not know this and there was not any difference in their married life. He continued to love her, and she also loved him very much.
One day, the wife died. Her death brought him great sorrow.
He finished all her last rites and wanted to leave that town.
A man from behind called and said, now how will you be able to walk all alone? All these days, your wife used to help you.
He replied, “I am not blind. I was acting, because if she knew l could see her ugliness, it would have pained her more than her disease. So I pretended to be blind. She was a very good wife. I only wanted to keep her happy.
MORAL:
Some times, it is good for us to act blind and ignore one another’s short-comings, in order to be happy.
*No matter how many times the teeth bite the tongue, they still stay together in one mouth. That’s the spirit of FORGIVENESS.
Even though the eyes don’t see each other, they see things together, blink simultaneously and cry together. That’s UNITY.”
May the Lord grant us all the spirit of forgiveness and togetherness. Amen
1. ‘Alone, I can ‘Say’ but together, we can ‘Talk’.
2. Alone, I can ‘Enjoy’ but together we can ‘Celebrate’
3. Alone, I can ‘Smile’ but together, we can ‘Laugh’.
That’s the BEAUTY of Human Relations. We are nothing without each other.
The razor blade is sharp but can’t cut a tree; the axe is strong but can’t cut the hair.
Everyone is important according to his/her unique purpose, Never look down on anyone unless you are admiring their shoes.
Stay BLESSED and INSPIRED in His presence till we meet again next Friday…
- Adapted from WhatsApp.
