Contd.......
Me, My Guru – On broken pots
The cracked pot looked
at the lovely flowers along the path way! It looked at all the flowers used to
decorate Monk’s hut! It beamed with joy.
So, now you tell me,
‘what’ is the ‘crack’ in your pot?” asked our Guru.
“Oh! Certainly my
useless spouse!” said one.
“My MIL for sure” said
another.
“Take SIL for mine”
shouted the other.
“My EMIs” said a voice
from behind.
“Corona for me” said
someone. We all laughed at the volley of these answers. Most of us had most of
these cracks in our lives. When someone told his ‘crack’ that was when we
realized even we had it in our life. And that resulted in ‘understanding
laughter’.
‘So what did you learn
from this story?’ asked our Guru.
“That we are not full
‘because’ of ‘cracks’ in our lives! No doubt there is so much of
dissatisfaction, depression and frustration in us!” replied one among us. Few
of us nodded in agreement.
“This again is the
classic case of getting wrong understanding and moral from right example and
story” said Kshama.
“Isn’t our answer
obvious through and in the story?” we asked.
“There is more to it
than this. What you say is the fact of life. But what Guruji is asking is way
different from that” replied Kshama.
“Then you explain”
enquired one.
Contd.......
# life and its imperfections, situations that are irritating to us, life and its challenges, soul agenda, life purpose,
also read suggested to understand how sometimes things have to go down completely to set them right : https://kantipadam.blogspot.com/search?q=shipwreck
Question time :
- What did you get from this story?
- How does it relate to your life problems?
- Was it useful to address any of the issues you are facing?
- When was the last time you felt problem was actually a blessing in disguise in your life?
Points worth noting down :
- Every life - be it saint or prophets was laid with challenges, problems and sufferings.
- What they made out of those made them who they were!
- Situations don't make or break us. We are given situations to help us express ourselves better.
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