The loving brothers

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THE LOVING BROTHERS

 

Two brothers worked together on a farming field passed on from their parents.

The one, the older brother, had married and have quite a big family. The younger

brother was still single, and planned not to get married. When the harvesting

season come, they always divide the harvest between them equally and fair.

Always it has been like that.

 

On one day, the younger brother who was still single thought about it, " It is

not fair if we divide the harvest equally. I am still single and my necessity is

not that much " .

 

So, for the sake of his older brother, every night he would take a sack of his

grain and secretly put it to his brother's granary., thinking that a sack a day

might be enough to reduce his older brother's burden and his family.

 

At the same time, the married brother was also worried and concerned about his

brother. He thought, " It is not fair if we always divide the harvest equally. I

have a wife and children who will be able to take care of me later when I grow

old. While my brother, he doesnt have anybody, nobody would care for him if he

grow old and poor. He deserve to get more than me. "

 

Therefore, everynight, he too, secretly move a sack of grain from his granary to

his younger brother's granary, wishing that at least a sack a day would aid his

brother, later in the coming future.

 

So it went on for years that they kept moving a sack of their grain to the

other's while keeping it as secret between themselves, and the amount of grain

sack in the granary seems to be unchanged. Until one night they meet each other

when carrying out their daily secret plot.

 

At that time, they realized what has been going on, and cried hugging each

other. They knew, in silence, that there is a very deep love that has been

nourishing their brotherhood!

 

REFLECTION

 

In this modern world, the above feelings of brotherhood is seemingly getting

lost even within one's own siblings let alone having the feeling of brotherhood

towards the extended family and society. This is due to one's own self centred

notions which circles only around himself and may be his wife and children.

 

Even between siblings there is competition on who is well off and who is not and

there is cosntant feeling of outdoing the other in terms of wealth and comforts.

The good old values of a joint family system is fast disappearing. Each one is

bothered only about his own life and sometimes there is not even proper

communication between the siblings or even with one's own parents. More than

living for the family bonding, siblings argue for who wants more share of the

property etc. This is a very sad state.

 

When one lives in the spirit of true brotherhood, wealth and treasures becomes

the glue of love and not the destroyer of love, that is how it is.

 

Mankind constitutes one great brotherhood; and all are born to encounter

suffering and sorrow, and therefore bound to sympathize with each other-Why is

this universal spirit of living for eachother forgotten?

 

Let us try our best not to lose these precious values of brotherhood and let us

love one and all with the same love as we love ourselves! This would help create

harmony and peace in the society!

 

Let us broaden our mind and widen our horizon with the spirit of " Vasudeiva

Kutumbakam " - The world is one family!