When Hearts Embrace Hearts - 6 | Self-Addressed Letters

When Hearts Embrace Hearts - 6

Self-Addressed Letters

A story heard in childhood:

A milkman, who had to cross a river to reach the town, would always add water from the river in his milk can. He had many customers and his profits swelled. He had a daughter. He acquired and saved all the wealth for her wedding. And her marriage came close. He left to the town with all his earnings. And, bought costliest silk dresses and the latest and expensive gold ornaments, and left to his village.

It started drizzling when he reached the river bank. Without wasting time, he loaded all the goods into his boat and started rowing.  When he reached the middle of the river, the rain and wind intensified. He couldn’t row due to the wind and the flow of river, and eventually the boat capsized. The waves took away all expensive belongings he had bought with his lifelong savings.

The harms that we afflict are the self-addressed letters we sent. It will be promptly delivered. What one can do is – Go to those affected by our actions and cry before them. Seek their forgiveness! We would have forgotten the harm we did. They wouldn’t have forgotten. Recall everything and seek forgiveness!

There is an African Proverb - “The Axe Forgets, The Tree Remembers.”