A short story about fear
I met this lanky guy of 20 at a wedding ,the elder son of a big business family. After a while I heard that while his family had gone to do ‘kar seva’ in an ashram,he was so moved that he decided to stay on. This was unacceptable to the family and after coxing for about three months they finally persuaded him to return.
To everyone I know this seems like the right decision. But I cant help wondering : if this was his desire..to find God, was is not wrong to dissuade him from his path? What was the big deal, don’t children live in different cities/away from their parents for different reasons. And if they thought that his decision was wrong, why not let him stay and find it out himself? Why this fear?? Why didn’t they just let him be?
I met him after a few years,he was a ‘fat’ well settled business man now. I sat in his office and he ‘buzzed for his secretary; yes sir? …Ya,please switch on the fan !
Oh my GOD ,what a waste!!!!!
To everyone I know this seems like the right decision. But I cant help wondering : if this was his desire..to find God, was is not wrong to dissuade him from his path? What was the big deal, don’t children live in different cities/away from their parents for different reasons. And if they thought that his decision was wrong, why not let him stay and find it out himself? Why this fear?? Why didn’t they just let him be?
I met him after a few years,he was a ‘fat’ well settled business man now. I sat in his office and he ‘buzzed for his secretary; yes sir? …Ya,please switch on the fan !
Oh my GOD ,what a waste!!!!!
posted by me2007 @ 12:40 AM
1 Comments:
At Sunday, July 09, 2006 9:53:00 PM,
Billy Guilfoyle said…
Part of what I say is: All goes as it should go.
Another part says: Teach your children the power of their own guidance in the decision making in their own lives and then let go.
Another part says: What are YOU going to do?
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