Kelldog...
HAPPINESS
"I am in desperate need of help - or I'll go crazy. We're living in a single room - my wife, my children and my in-laws. So our nerves are on edge, we yell and scream at one another. The room is a hell."
"Do you promise to do whatever I tell you?" said the Master gravely.
"I swear I shall do anything."
"Very well. How many animals do you have?"
"A cow, a goat and six chickens."
"Take them all into the room with you. Then come back after a week."
The disciple was appalled. But he had promised to obey! So he took the animals in. A week later he came back, a pitiable figure, moaning, "I'm a nervous wreck. The dirt! The stench! The noise! We're all on the verge of madness!"
"Go back," said the Master, "and put the animals out."
The man ran all the way home. And came back the following day, his eyes sparkling with joy. "How sweet life is! The animals are out. The home is a Paradise - so quiet and clean and roomy!"
Anthony de Mello, SJ
One Minute Wisdom, pgs 24-25
"I am in desperate need of help - or I'll go crazy. We're living in a single room - my wife, my children and my in-laws. So our nerves are on edge, we yell and scream at one another. The room is a hell."
"Do you promise to do whatever I tell you?" said the Master gravely.
"I swear I shall do anything."
"Very well. How many animals do you have?"
"A cow, a goat and six chickens."
"Take them all into the room with you. Then come back after a week."
The disciple was appalled. But he had promised to obey! So he took the animals in. A week later he came back, a pitiable figure, moaning, "I'm a nervous wreck. The dirt! The stench! The noise! We're all on the verge of madness!"
"Go back," said the Master, "and put the animals out."
The man ran all the way home. And came back the following day, his eyes sparkling with joy. "How sweet life is! The animals are out. The home is a Paradise - so quiet and clean and roomy!"
Anthony de Mello, SJ
One Minute Wisdom, pgs 24-25
posted by CJM at 10:07 PM
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2 Comments:
Thanks, I get the point. Does anybody have a cow, a goat and 6 chickens I can borrow for a week?
Day 2: my wife has left me and there is animal shit everywhere. Master, are you certain this is the the road to happiness?
(PS: one of my customers Jacob Stoltzfus in Blue Ball, Pa lent me the animals yesterday)
I await your wise reply...
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