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Tuesday, January 09, 2007

Love Unconditionally, Before its too late,moral of life

A story is told about a soldier who was finally coming home after
having fought in Kargil. He called his parents from Delhi.

“Mom and Dad, I’m coming home, but I’ve a favor to ask. I have a friend
I’d like to bring home with me.”

“Sure,” they replied, “we’d love to meet him.”

“There’s something you should know the son continued, “he was hurt
pretty badly in the fighting. He stepped on a land mind & lost an arm and a
leg. He has nowhere else to go, & I want him to come live with us.”

“I’m sorry to hear that, son. Maybe we can help him find somewhere to
live.”

“No, Mom & Dad, I want him to live with us.”

“Son,” said the father, “you don’t know what you’re asking. Someone
with such a handicap would be a terrible burden on us. We’ve our own lives
to live, & we can’t let something like this interfere with our lives. I
think you should just come home and forget about this guy. He’ll find a
way to live on his own.”

At that point, the son hung up the phone. The parents heard nothing
more from him. A few days later, however, they received a call from the
J&K police. Their son had died after falling from a building, they were
told. The police believed it was suicide. The grief-stricken parents
flew to Sri Nagar and were taken to the city morgue to identify the body
of their son. They recognized him, but to their horror they also
discovered something they didn’t know, their son had only one arm and one leg.

The parents in this story are like many of us. We find it easy to love
those who are good-looking or fun to have around, but we don’t like
people who inconvenience us or make us feel uncomfortable. We would rather
stay away from people who aren’t as healthy, beautiful, or smart as we
are. Thankfully, there’s someone who won’t treat us that way. Someone
who loves us with an unconditional love that welcomes us into the
forever family, regardless of how messed up we are.

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