A young lady was proudly narrating to her wise grandfather, the
qualities of her prospective bridegroom. He took a piece of paper and a pen and
got ready to evaluate the person. As she excitedly enumerated each quality, he put
a 'zero' mark on the paper, one after the other. She announced the attributes
of the groom in alphabetical order: "He is affluent, beautiful, charming, dignified, educated and fashionable." She found that her
grandfather had marked a zero as she mentioned each quality and was obviously not
impressed by his action.
Then she added, "He is also God-fearing." Now the wise man
quickly marked a 'one' to the left
of the six zeroes. The figure now read as: 1000000.
He said gladly, "Now there is a meaning to all the qualities you
listed. Without God, we are zeroes.
With Him, we are heroes. The fear of
God is the beginning of knowledge and wisdom."
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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 and Neil John, Maniparambil, Ooriyakunnath, Kunnumbhagom,
Kanjirappally, Kottayam-686507, Kerala, India.
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