CHOOSE YOUR WAY...!!!
Short story that touched my heart:
Once upon a time there was to be a village with a small number of people, which were illiterate. They use to work in farms for many hours and then spent time with their family.
There use to be a saint in that village which was very calm and nice in nature, he always use to guide village people to work hard and be positive. The things he use to say were almost true in life. People started to trust him more as time passed on.
One day a guy got irritated, because all villagers started trusting the saint more deeply. He wanted to prove the saint wrong in front of all villagers. One day he caught a sparrow in his hand and closed it, but not that tightly. He went in front of the saint with people sitting all around him, and asked saint to make a judgement whether the sparrow is alive or dead .
The saint looked at the guy for a minute and then said," its upto u."The guy did'nt understood, he again asked the same quetion to the saint. Then the saint explained to the guy," if i said that the sparrow is alive u'll close ur fist tight and the sparrow may die, and if i said that the sparrow is dead u'll open ur wrist and the sparrow will fly away." The guy smiled and touched the saint's feet.
MORAL: WE MAY BE GUIDED BY OUR ELDERS, BUT THE PATH WE NEED TO CHOOSE DEPENDS ON US. WHETHER RIGHT OR WRONG.