WHO SEES BEST?
A man, who was drunk, was walking on the street one night. It was a full moon. As he was on his way, another man joined him in the same in just the same situation (he was also drunk). They exchanged a lively conversation but their conversation turned into a heated argument when they reached the topic about the moon.
The first man said: “The color of the moon is yellow!” at which the second man countered that: “It is not yellow, but orange!”. They both insisted their way and they reached the point that they already quarreled in such a discussion.
As they were proving who was right between them, another man joined them and listened to their argument. The first drunkard noticed the man who joined, and so he remarked to the second drunkard: “For our discussion to be over, why should we not ask this “friend” who joined us?” The second drunkard agreed to the suggestion of the first. So, they both ask the man who joined them: “What is the color of the moon? Yellow or orange?” The third man looked at the moon and opened wide his eyes, and said: “Which moon are you referring to? The one on the left or the one on the right?” (He is even more drunk than the two!}
Moral:
People see things in varied perspectives, with different opinions and ideas yet the truth remains. No matter how we see and what we see in the moon, the reality is, the existence of the moon is real. We tend to judge people according to our own measures, by our own standards, by the way they impress or depress us, by the way we look at our ideals, yet the truth remain that every person is made in the IMAGE AND LIKENESS of God… that no matter how “lowly” the person is, in our own standards, he/she is INVALUABLE in the eyes of God since each one of us is God’s MASTERPIECE! Let us stop judging one another instead let us look at one another as God’s gift. Persons are gifts… they only pass through our life but once! How about giving people a hug? As you embrace them… you embrace God too!
Saturday, November 10, 2007
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2 comments:
thanks for the inspiring message.i like it.make more for others to be inspired and somehow,to encourage them.....mwa
That's a nice one! It's true we tend to judge people accdg to our own standards" - which leads to hatred / anger / ill feelings....
Thanks for reminding us Fr. Ron
(we love you - bing2andNono)
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