Gratitude

 Gratitude

You may be bemused, that i learnt about gratitude from a Sikh ....in its deeper sense (1971)... Dad's friend & subordinate.

He narrated a short incident, used in those days, among Sikhs, to emphasize the value of gratitude among kids.

I was a teenager too...hence he told me😜

" A fellow was carrying something covered heavily with a velvet cloth ( thick fabric, hence)... But there was an unmistakable stench emanating from that large plate, he carried. 

People on the way asked, "what is it that you are carrying?....so carefully covered?"

He said, " oh! A dog died last week... Nobody carried it away, for a week....hence the stench🙏"

Onlookers said " that's Okay.... 👍 But then, why so much thick covering, so as to hide the contents?"

That man said, " so that an ungrateful doesn't cast his evil eye, and it rots further 😰🙏🙏"

I didn't need any extra lecturing, to understand the stench of ingratitude 😰🙏🙏🙏

Gratefully yours 

PSN (23 May, 2023