On Guru Purnima: More Food for Thought

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Sai Ram dear Brothers & Sisters,

 

On this special day......some more food for thought!

 

 

Let us imagine....you are at the Airport.....

 

While you're waiting for your flight, you notice a kiosk selling shortbread cookies.

You buy a box, put them in your travelling bag and then you patiently search for

an available seat so you can sit down and enjoy your cookies. Finally you find a

seat next to a gentleman. You reach down into your travelling bag and pull out

your box of shortbread cookies.

As you do so, you notice that the gentleman starts watching you intensely.

 

He stares as you open the box and his eyes follow your hand as you pick up the

cookie and bring it to your mouth. Just then he reaches over and takes one of

your cookies from the box, and eats it! You're more than a little surprised at

this. Actually, you're at a loss for words. Not only does he take one cookie,

but he alternates with you. For every one cookie you take, he takes one.

 

Now, what's your immediate impression of this guy? Crazy? Greedy? He's got some

nerve?! Can you imagine the words you might use to describe this man to your

associates back at the office?

 

Meanwhile, you both continue eating the cookies until there's just one left. To

your surprise, the man reaches over and takes it. But then he does something

unexpected. He breaks it in half, and gives half to you. After he's finished

with his half he gets up, and without a word, he leaves.

 

You think to yourself, "Did this really happen?"

 

You're left sitting there dumbfounded and still hungry. So you go back to the

kiosk and buy another box of cookies.

 

You then return to your seat and begin opening your new box of cookies when you

glance down into your travelling bag. Sitting there in your bag is your

original box of cookies….. still unopened.

 

Only then do you realise that when you reached down earlier, you had reached

into the other man's bag, and grabbed his box of cookies by mistake.

 

Now what do you think of the man? Generous? Tolerant?

You have just experienced a profound paradigm shift. Suddenly you are seeing

things from a new point of view.

 

Now, think of this story as it relates to your life.

 

Dear brothers and sisters, let us all reflect…especially on this auspicious

Guru Poornima Day…….…………..is it time to change our attitude....our

thoughts....our points of view?

 

Seeing things from a new point of view can be very enlightening. Think outside

the box. Don't settle for the status quo.

 

Let us decide today to be O P E N to everything. Things may not be what they seem

 

Remain Blessed Always!

 

 

With love & light,Madhvi

 

Duty is God, Work is Worship

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Sai ram brothers and sisters. Thank you for this beautiful story , I will keep

it in my heart. sai ram Lourdes