RADIO RUHANIYAT. 09-07-13: Episode 320
PUPPIES FOR SALE! -Compassion & Understanding!
A farmer had some puppies
that he needed to sell. He painted a sign advertising the pups and started
nailing it to a post on the edge of his yard. As he was driving the last nail
into the post, he felt a tug on his overalls. He looked down and saw a little
boy standing against the fence.
Mister," The boy said, "I want to buy one of your puppies."
"Well, Sure," said the farmer.
And with that he let out a whistle, "Here, Dolly!" he called.
Out from the doghouse and down the ramp ran Dolly followed by four little balls
of fur. The little boy pressed his face against the chain link fence. His eyes
danced with delight.
As the dogs made their way to the fence, the little boy noticed something else stirring inside the doghouse. Slowly another little puppy appeared; this one noticeably smaller. Down the ramp it slid. Then in a somewhat awkward manner the little pup began hobbling toward the others, doing its best to catch up....
"I want that one," the little
boy said, pointing towards him.
The farmer knelt down at the boy's side and said, "Son, you don't want that
puppy. He will never be able to run and play with you like these other dogs
would."
The little boy stepped back from the fence, reached down, and rolled up one leg
of his trousers. There was a steel brace running down both sides of his leg
attached to a specially made shoe. Looking back up at the farmer, he said, "You
see sir, I don't run too well myself, and he will need someone who understands."
The world is full of people who need someone who understands.
Everybody is going through something in their life, but not everyone understands.
….And as Rajan Sachdeva ji very beautifully explained:
While we are on earth we are
all human beings in different phases of our lives and soul development.
As we walk through the world, the people we encounter appear so different from
one another. We see babies, old men, and teenaged boys. We see couples on the
verge of marriage and lonely widows. We interact with toddlers and the
terminally ill. As different as each person seems, they are all living the human
experience. They are just at different places in the cycle that begins with
birth and ends with death. Every phase of the cycle of life has its gifts and
its challenges. Each stage is temporary and ultimately gives way to a new phase.
This ephemeral quality makes each phase precious, because it will never last.
One of the wonderful qualities possessed by babies and young children is that
they are unaware that a cycle of life even exists. They simply are present to
wherever they happen to be right now, and they don’t give much thought to the
past or future. Being around them reminds us of the joy that comes from living
fully in the moment.
On the opposite end of life’s
cycle are our elderly role models. They are a reminder that each phase of life
should be treasured. Time does pass, and we all change and grow older. Being
aware of the cycle of life and our place in it makes us wiser.
A new mother going through a difficult time with her infant can more easily
embrace her challenges because she knows that her child will grow up. Difficult
and challenging periods are inevitable, but – like everything that is a part of
the cycle of life – they are temporary.
When we are fully engaged with life, we get to savor and grow from each phase,
and we are ready for the next one when it arrives.
Fully embracing wherever you are in the cycle of life is the very essence to
happiness.