(Author unknown) A blind girl hated herself because she was blind.
She hated everyone, except her loving boyfriend. He was
always there
for her.
She told her boyfriend, 'If I could only see the world, I will
marry
you.'
One day, someone donated a pair of eyes to her. When the bandages
came
off, she was able to see everything, including her boyfriend.
He asked her 'Now that you can see the world, will you marry me?'
The girl looked at her boyfriend and saw that he was blind. The
sight
of his closed eyelids shocked her. She hadn't expected that. The
thought of looking at them the rest of her life led her to refuse
to
marry him.
Her boyfriend left her in tears and days later wrote a note to her
saying: 'Take good care of your eyes, my dear, before they were
yours,
they were mine.'
This is how the human brain often works when our 'status changes'.
Only a very few remember what life was like before, and who was
always
by their side in the most painful situations.
Life Is a Gift:
*Today before you say an unkind word - Think of someone who can't
speak.
*Before you complain about the taste of your food - Think of
someone
who has nothing to eat.
*Today before you complain about life - Think of someone who went
too
early to heaven.
*Before you argue about your dirty house someone didn't clean or
sweep
- Think of the people who are living in the streets.
*Before whining about the distance you drive - Think of someone
who
walks the same distance with their feet.
*When you are tired and complain about your job - Think of the
unemployed, the disabled, and those who wish they had your
job.
*But before you think of pointing the finger or condemning another
-
Remember that not one of us is without error and we all answer to
the
Divine.
*When depressing thoughts seem to get you down - Put a smile on
your
face and Thank the Divine you're alive and still around.
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Low roads are crowded by those who desire;
High roads, less travelled, by those who aspire.
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