Once there was a man who did not make it to university. His mother got him
married. After the marriage, he worked as a teacher in a primary school. Due to
the lack of experience, he was squashed by the students in less than a week.
When he returned home,
his wife dried his tears. She comforted him with these words. 'You should not
be too sad about it. Probably there is a more suitable job waiting for you out
there.'
Later on, he found
another job and before long he was fired due to his slowness. This time, the
wife commented. 'There are always people who are skillful and non skillful. Some
have experience from their years of work. As for you, you were in school all
this while. So, how could you acquire these needed skills?'
He went for a number of
jobs but never stayed long in those jobs. Each time, he would return home with
a dejected spirit. His wife would always comfort him and never once was she
disappointed or resentful.
He was in his thirties
when he acquired a flair in languages. He became a counselor in a school for the
deaf and mute. Later on, he opened a school for the disabled. A few years
later, he set up chain stores in different cities and provinces selling
apparatus and equipment for the disabled. He became a multi-millionaire.
One day he asked his
wife. 'When I was looking bleakly at my own future, what's the reason that you
had so much faith in me?'
His wife gave him a
very simple reply. She said,
'When a piece of land
is not suitable for planting wheat, we could try planting beans. If the beans
are not growing well, we could try planting fruits or gourds. If the vegetation
is not economical, we can instead scatter buckwheat seeds. These seeds will one
day bloom into flowers. On this land itself, there will be one seed that will
germinate and grow.'
After listening to his
wife's explanation, he cried. His wife's faith, love, patience, and persistence
is likened to the one seed in the land. This is the seed that persists and
creates the miracle on this piece of land.
"In this world,
there's no person who is useless. It is just that they have not positioned
themselves firmly in the right place"
God does not create
useless creatures. There is ALWAYS some purpose/mission. You just have to
persist and find it!!!
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I can see myself in this
story and there are many others out there who will feel the same.
The ultimate goal and vision should always be in mind and one should always
be on the lookout for the opportunity that could make your life meaningful
and fruitful...
