Once, a Man lost all his wealth earned in his lifetime. Due to which he fell in deep depression & started fighting with his family members over trivial things.He started loosing his sleep & his health suffered too. In despair,one night, he got up & went out of his home. It was a very dark night outside.
As he strolled out on the empty streets late at night, he reached a river bank where he decided to sit & sulk over his lost Faith & Trust in LIFE & GOD.
In doing so,he started picking up pebbles from the shore & started throwing them in the lake,one at a time.
It was quite dark & the man was totally lost in despair throwing the pebbles into the river.
As dawn approached & the first rays of light hit the river,the man became aware that its time to get going. And, while getting up he picked up a pebble for the last time from the sand to throw into the river.
As he was about to throw it,he was surprised to see that what he was about to throw in the river wasn’t a pebble but a clear cut Diamond!!!
Frantically, he looked down at the sand & saw a small pouch with only a few diamonds left in it.
Now,he realized that all night what he was throwing in the river, were not pebbles but precious Diamonds… But due to the nights darkness he could not make out the difference between them & thereby had lost most of the flawless diamonds by dawn.
MORAL OF THE STORY.
DUE TO THE DARKNESS OF IGNORANCE, WE TOO UNKNOWINGLY
THROW AWAY OUR INNER DIAMONDS,WHICH ARE THE PRECIOUS MOMENTS OF GODS PRESENCE IN OUR LIVES & BY THE TIME REALITY DAWNS UPON US,
HARDLY ANYTHING IS LEFT!
