What's your reflection about the way you see things? Is God glorified by our thoughts and actions. The following challenged me. Hope we ask and seek for wisdom like Solomon did. Remain forever blessed saints!!!
THE ILLUSION OF REFLECTION.
Once there was a king who had presented his daughter, the princess,
with a beautiful diamond necklace. The necklace was stolen and his people
in the kingdom searched everywhere but could not find it. Some said a bird
may have stolen it. The king then asked them all to search for it and put a
reward for $50,000 for anyone who found it.
One day a clerk was walking home along a river next to an industrial area.
This river was completely polluted and filthy and smelly. As he was
walking the clerk saw a shimmering in the river and when he looked, he saw
the diamond necklace. He decided to try and catch it so that he could
get the $50,000 reward. He put his hand in the filthy, dirty river and
grabbed at the necklace, but some how missed it and didn't catch it. He took
his hand out and looked again and the necklace was still there. He tried
again, this time he walked in the river and dirtied his pants in the filthy
river and put his whole arm in to catch the necklace. But strangely, he still
missed the necklace! He came out and started walking away, feeling depressed.
Then again he saw the necklace, right there. This time he was
determined to get it, no matter what. He decided to plunge into the river,
although it was a disgusting thing to do as the river was polluted, and his
whole body would become filthy. He plunged in, and searched everywhere for the
necklace and yet he failed. This time he was really bewildered and came out
feeling very depressed that he could not get the necklace that would get him $50000.
Just then a saint who was walking by, saw him, and asked him what
the matter was. The clerk didn't want to share the secret with the saint,
thinking the saint might take the necklace for himself, so he refused to tell
the saint anything. But the saint could see this man was troubled and
being compassionate, again asked the clerk to tell him the problem and
promised that he would not tell anyone about it. The clerk mustered some
courage and decided to put some faith in the saint.
He told the saint about the necklace and how he tried and tried to
catch it, but kept failing. The saint then told him that perhaps he should try
looking upward, toward the branches of the tree, instead of in the filthy
river. The clerk looked up and true enough, the necklace was dangling on the
branch of a tree. He had been trying to capture a mere reflection of the real
necklace all this time.
Moral of the story:with a beautiful diamond necklace. The necklace was stolen and his people
in the kingdom searched everywhere but could not find it. Some said a bird
may have stolen it. The king then asked them all to search for it and put a
reward for $50,000 for anyone who found it.
One day a clerk was walking home along a river next to an industrial area.
This river was completely polluted and filthy and smelly. As he was
walking the clerk saw a shimmering in the river and when he looked, he saw
the diamond necklace. He decided to try and catch it so that he could
get the $50,000 reward. He put his hand in the filthy, dirty river and
grabbed at the necklace, but some how missed it and didn't catch it. He took
his hand out and looked again and the necklace was still there. He tried
again, this time he walked in the river and dirtied his pants in the filthy
river and put his whole arm in to catch the necklace. But strangely, he still
missed the necklace! He came out and started walking away, feeling depressed.
Then again he saw the necklace, right there. This time he was
determined to get it, no matter what. He decided to plunge into the river,
although it was a disgusting thing to do as the river was polluted, and his
whole body would become filthy. He plunged in, and searched everywhere for the
necklace and yet he failed. This time he was really bewildered and came out
feeling very depressed that he could not get the necklace that would get him $50000.
Just then a saint who was walking by, saw him, and asked him what
the matter was. The clerk didn't want to share the secret with the saint,
thinking the saint might take the necklace for himself, so he refused to tell
the saint anything. But the saint could see this man was troubled and
being compassionate, again asked the clerk to tell him the problem and
promised that he would not tell anyone about it. The clerk mustered some
courage and decided to put some faith in the saint.
He told the saint about the necklace and how he tried and tried to
catch it, but kept failing. The saint then told him that perhaps he should try
looking upward, toward the branches of the tree, instead of in the filthy
river. The clerk looked up and true enough, the necklace was dangling on the
branch of a tree. He had been trying to capture a mere reflection of the real
necklace all this time.
Material happiness is just like the filthy, polluted river; because
it is a mere reflection of the
don't achieve the happiness we are looking for, no matter how hard we
endeavor in the material life. Instead we should look upwards, toward God, who
is the source of real happiness, and stop chasing after the reflection of
this happiness in the material world. This spiritual happiness is the
only thing that can satisfy us completely. May the Lord help us
Good day.
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