It was the coldest winter ever. Many animals died because of the cold. The porcupines, realising the situation, decided to group together to keep warm. This way they covered and protected themselves; but the quills of each one wounded their closest companions. After a while, they decided to distance themselves one from the other and they began to die, alone and frozen.
So they had to make a choice. Either accept the quills of their companions or disappear from the earth. Wisely, they decided to go back to being together. They learned to live with the little wounds and pains caused by the close relationship with their companions in order to receive the warmth and heat that came from the others. This way they were able to survive.
The moral here is that the best group is not the one that is made up of perfect friends, brothers, sisters and relatives but by each individual learning to live member learning to live with the imperfections of others and yet admire the other person's good qualities.
May we find it better to be surrounded by warm pokes than be frozen in solitude.
May the purpose that brought us together bind us together and keep us healthy and strong enough to stand the storms, the heat and all the changing weathers and seasons of life, as God grants us the grace to share another year in this journey of life together.
Capture the moment, live your life to the fullest and choose happiness in all. May God bless us all.
Tailpiece.
Got up a trifle late, went through our usual morning chores and were ready well in time. In between, had gone down to say my prayers, on the courtyard, as I wanted to meet up with the newspaper boy because I'd completely forgotten to tell him, last evening, about our return. He could fetch us only the Malayala Manorama, but it was something better than nothing!
Vishnu had fetched up by 12 o' clock to collect my signature. Had dropped him at the railway station to enable him to board the 1 o'clock passenger before getting a few things done. Met Gireesh and paid him the subscriptions for the dish TV, handed over the clothes to Roshni for dry wash, pulled out some money from the bank and picked up a duster from the department store.
It was yet another quiet day!
Welcomed the new year while watching the programmes on television!!
So they had to make a choice. Either accept the quills of their companions or disappear from the earth. Wisely, they decided to go back to being together. They learned to live with the little wounds and pains caused by the close relationship with their companions in order to receive the warmth and heat that came from the others. This way they were able to survive.
The moral here is that the best group is not the one that is made up of perfect friends, brothers, sisters and relatives but by each individual learning to live member learning to live with the imperfections of others and yet admire the other person's good qualities.
May we find it better to be surrounded by warm pokes than be frozen in solitude.
May the purpose that brought us together bind us together and keep us healthy and strong enough to stand the storms, the heat and all the changing weathers and seasons of life, as God grants us the grace to share another year in this journey of life together.
Capture the moment, live your life to the fullest and choose happiness in all. May God bless us all.
Tailpiece.
Got up a trifle late, went through our usual morning chores and were ready well in time. In between, had gone down to say my prayers, on the courtyard, as I wanted to meet up with the newspaper boy because I'd completely forgotten to tell him, last evening, about our return. He could fetch us only the Malayala Manorama, but it was something better than nothing!
Vishnu had fetched up by 12 o' clock to collect my signature. Had dropped him at the railway station to enable him to board the 1 o'clock passenger before getting a few things done. Met Gireesh and paid him the subscriptions for the dish TV, handed over the clothes to Roshni for dry wash, pulled out some money from the bank and picked up a duster from the department store.
It was yet another quiet day!
Welcomed the new year while watching the programmes on television!!
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