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Monday, February 21, 2011
"Do Good; don’t ever stop doing Good...."
Photo Courtesy of WildYeast.com
A
woman baked bread for members of her family and an extra one for a
hungry passerby. She kept the extra bread on the Window-sill, for
whosoever would take it away. Everyday, a hunch-back came and took away
the bread. Instead of expressing gratitude, he muttered the following
words as he went his way:
"The evil you do remains with you:...
The good you do, comes back to you!" This went on, day after day.
Everyday, the hunch-back came, picked up the bread and uttered the
words: "The evil you do, remains with you: The good you do, comes back
to you!" The woman felt irritated. "Not a word of gratitude," she said
to herself... "Everyday this hunch-back utters this jingle! What does he
mean? "
One day, out of desperation, she decided to do away with
him.” I shall get rid of this hunch-back," she said. And what did she
do? She added poison to the bread she prepared for him! As she was about
to keep it on the window sill, her hands trembled. "What is this I am
doing?" she said. Immediately she threw the bread into the fire,
prepared another one and kept it on the window- sill. As usual, the
hunch-back came, picked up the bread and muttered the words: "The evil
you do, remains with you: The good you do, comes back to you!" The
hunch-back proceeded on his way, blissfully unaware of the war raging in
the mind of the woman.
Everyday, as the woman placed the bread
on the window-sill, she offered a prayer for her son who had gone to a
distant place to seek his fortune. For many months, she had no news of
him. .. She prayed for his safe return. That evening, there was a knock
on the door. As she opened it, she was surprised to find her son
standing in the doorway.... He had grown thin and lean. His garments
were tattered and torn. He was hungry, starved and weak. As he saw his
mother, he said, "Mom, it's a miracle I'm here. While I was but a mile
away, I was so hungry that I collapsed. I would have died, but just then
an old hunch-back passed by. I begged of him for a small part of his
food, and he was kind enough to give me whole bread.
"As he gave
it to me, he said, "This is what I eat everyday: today, I shall give it
to you, for your need is greater than mine!" "As the mother heard those
words, her face turned pale and red. She leaned against the door for
support.
She remembered the poisoned bread that she had made
that morning. Had she not burnt it in the fire, it would have been eaten
by her own son, and he would have lost his life! It was then that she
realized the significance of the words: The evil you doThe good you do,
comes back to you! "Do Good; don’t ever stop doing Good, even if it's not appreciated at that time."
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