Friday, November 16, 2012

ZEROES AND HEROES



                              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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