AWESOME MESSAGE

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Posted by: " Aseem Kaistha " vkaisthaa2002

Thu Aug 7, 2008 6:04 pm (PDT)

 

AWESOME MESSAGE

 

I ran into a stranger as he passed by, “Oh excuse me please†was my

reply. He said, “Please excuse me too; wasn’t watching for you.†We

were very polite, this stranger and I. We went on our way and we said

good bye. But at home, a different story is told, how we treat our

loved ones, young and old.

 

Later that day, cooking the evening meal, my son stood beside me very

still. When I turned, I nearly knocked him down. “Move out of the

way,†I said with a frown. He walked away, his little heart broken. I

didn’t realize how harshly I had spoken.

 

While I lay awake in bed, God’s still small voice came to me and said,

“While dealing with a stranger, common courtesy you use, but the

children you love, you seem to abuse. Go look on the kitchen floor,

you will find some flowers there by the door.†“Those are the flowers

he brought for you. He picked them himself; pink, yellow and blue. He

stood very quietly not to spoil the surprise, and you never saw the

tears that filled his little eyes.â€

 

By this time, I felt very small, and now my tears began to fall. I

quietly went and knelt by his bed; “Wake up, little one wake up,†I

said. “Are these the flowers you picked for me?†He smiled, “I found

them out by the tree.†“I picked them because they are pretty like

you. I knew you would like them, especially the blue.†I said, “Son, I

am very sorry for the way I acted today; I should not have yelled at

you that way.†He said, “Oh, Mom, that’s okay. I love you anyway.†I

said, “Son, I love you too, and I do like the flowers, especially the

blue.â€

 

Are you aware that if we died tomorrow, the company that we are

working for could easily replace us in a matter of days? But the

family we left behind will feel the loss for the rest of their lives.

And come to think of it, we pour ourselves more into work than to our

own family, an unwise investment indeed, don’t you think?

…….