the simple man's truth.
a sense of worth goes a long way for a man. knowing he means something to the people he loves, knowing there is someone who will catch him when he falls. the same thing goes the other way around. the sense for a man to realize how much his family is worth. how much the people in his life is worth to him. to some degree i guess no one can teach you all these things, it's something you grow with, of people with a firm culture and good family values, a good soul, so to speak.
the fact my dad's mom past away early this month made me realize a lot of things. things about me, about my family, my relatives, about my friends. life is really not all about making the best out of it but making the best out of it for the people we love.
say for instance, 10 years down the road i become a millionair, i own the most luxurious of cars and comforts, money, clothes, jewelry. what would all that mean to me, if i didn't have my mom and dad there to share it with. not even share it with, cause i don't fancy all those things, but to buy for. if i had one wish, it would be the chance to make my parents happy, forever. think of all the things our parents gave up for us, think about all the times your parents shed tears for you. in opinion it is our duty as children to keep them happy.
"a rich man once went around the world looking for happiness, he couldn't find it. he sorted the help of religion then, he went around temples to temples, sanctuaries, met a lot sages and spritual guru's. but alas, he had still not found the happiness he was looking for. he then one day met a simple man at the temple, he was all smiles. he came to the temple and he asked priest to say a prayer in his parents name. the rich man overhearing this asked him, why his parents. the simple man replied, to be honest to you, i don't even have to be coming to this temple, when my real temple is back home where i left my parents. the rich man was baffled and he asked the simple again, you mean to tell me your parents are greater than god himself. the simple man answered with such assurance, yes. he then continued to tell the rich man, it was my parents who once upon a time brought me to this temple when i was still a child and introduced me to god, it was parents who sacrificed everything for me and not god, it was my parents who made me the man i am today, i may not be rich but, my parents thought me that rich doesn't mean a man who has a lot, but a man who needs less. to me i have my parents and my family to fulfill my every desire. learning a very good lesson, the rich man went back to his hometown, he went to visit his parents. but only to find out that his dad had past away and his mother was suffering to make end meet. at that point the rich man who had traveled miles to find happiness broke down into tears, he wept his heart and soul out, i was too busy making money half my adulthood, the other half i was too busy looking for happinness, when all the while everything a man needs is within the bonds of maternal and paternal. he wept for not being there for his mother and not being there when his father had past away. but even then he learned another lesson, when his mother told him, it's okay my dear son, i'm very happy to see you. the rich man took his took his mother home and stayed by her sides till her last days, he tried his best to fulfill his duties to her as a son. not only did she die a happy woman but the rich man died a few years later a fulfilled and happy man."
happiness doesn't lie in the beneaths of the sea, or beyond the horizons, it doesn't lie under a penny or crisp dollars, or behind the wheels of a Mercedes Benz S-class. it lies exactly where you last left it, when you stepped out of your house to become a man.
think about it...
the fact my dad's mom past away early this month made me realize a lot of things. things about me, about my family, my relatives, about my friends. life is really not all about making the best out of it but making the best out of it for the people we love.
say for instance, 10 years down the road i become a millionair, i own the most luxurious of cars and comforts, money, clothes, jewelry. what would all that mean to me, if i didn't have my mom and dad there to share it with. not even share it with, cause i don't fancy all those things, but to buy for. if i had one wish, it would be the chance to make my parents happy, forever. think of all the things our parents gave up for us, think about all the times your parents shed tears for you. in opinion it is our duty as children to keep them happy.
"a rich man once went around the world looking for happiness, he couldn't find it. he sorted the help of religion then, he went around temples to temples, sanctuaries, met a lot sages and spritual guru's. but alas, he had still not found the happiness he was looking for. he then one day met a simple man at the temple, he was all smiles. he came to the temple and he asked priest to say a prayer in his parents name. the rich man overhearing this asked him, why his parents. the simple man replied, to be honest to you, i don't even have to be coming to this temple, when my real temple is back home where i left my parents. the rich man was baffled and he asked the simple again, you mean to tell me your parents are greater than god himself. the simple man answered with such assurance, yes. he then continued to tell the rich man, it was my parents who once upon a time brought me to this temple when i was still a child and introduced me to god, it was parents who sacrificed everything for me and not god, it was my parents who made me the man i am today, i may not be rich but, my parents thought me that rich doesn't mean a man who has a lot, but a man who needs less. to me i have my parents and my family to fulfill my every desire. learning a very good lesson, the rich man went back to his hometown, he went to visit his parents. but only to find out that his dad had past away and his mother was suffering to make end meet. at that point the rich man who had traveled miles to find happiness broke down into tears, he wept his heart and soul out, i was too busy making money half my adulthood, the other half i was too busy looking for happinness, when all the while everything a man needs is within the bonds of maternal and paternal. he wept for not being there for his mother and not being there when his father had past away. but even then he learned another lesson, when his mother told him, it's okay my dear son, i'm very happy to see you. the rich man took his took his mother home and stayed by her sides till her last days, he tried his best to fulfill his duties to her as a son. not only did she die a happy woman but the rich man died a few years later a fulfilled and happy man."
happiness doesn't lie in the beneaths of the sea, or beyond the horizons, it doesn't lie under a penny or crisp dollars, or behind the wheels of a Mercedes Benz S-class. it lies exactly where you last left it, when you stepped out of your house to become a man.
think about it...
posted by Unknown at 05:10
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"Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted".this probably means something to you-navein.
means more than you can imagine, my friend, more than you can imagine...
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