A
small girl had a beautiful silken handkerchief gifted by her loving mother. It
was her most treasured possession and she carried it with her wherever she
went. One day, while cleaning her table, a bottle of ink fell down and the ink
was spilt on the table. Her handkerchief was on the table and some ink fell on
it making an ugly stain on the pretty piece of cloth. She cried aloud as her
dearest treasure was disfigured. She left it on the table and went away,
sobbing sadly.
There was a gifted
artist in the family. He saw the stained handkerchief and the sad little girl.
He took the handkerchief and carefully painted on it the picture of a fine
flower cleverly incorporating all the ink-stains artistically in the final
figure. Then he showed the handkerchief to the sad girl. On seeing the
beautiful figure of the flower developed from the ugly ink-stain, she jumped
with joy holding it high with pride. The artist consoled her and said that we
should not feel depressed when we face failures or apparent losses.
We must try to
convert our failures to occasions for improvement of performance to attain
victory. Failures should be stepping stones to reach the heights of final
success. Great sages and saints have endured their sufferings as a loving
sacrifice to the living God and thus entered the heights of sanctity.
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© By Dr. Babu Philip,
Professor, Cochin University of Science & Technology, Fine Arts Avenue,
Kochi-682016, Kerala, India, Prof. Mrs. Rajamma Babu, Former Professor, St.
Dominic's College, Kanjirappally and Leo. S. John, Maniparambil, Ooriyakunnath,
Kunnumbhagom, Kanjirappally, Kottayam-686507, Kerala, India.
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