I was waiting for the refreshment to be served at the outdoor dining area during the afternoon tea break of a conference. As soon as the refreshment was served, few monkeys came charging from the nearby tree to grab the paper plates from the table. While the catering staff went after them, one monkey came from the other side and took away a plate. It went to the next compound and sat under the shade of a tree to eat the refreshment.
This lone monkey was away from the rest. It used the opportunity to steal the food when the staff was distracted by the other monkeys.
There is always a way to go forward!
One of the occupations of children during the monsoon season is to catch fish in the running stream. As the rivers overflow and drain water into smaller streams, fish escape to move downstream. Often the adults use nets and fish traps to catch fish. Children used a large bed sheet to lift the fish from the water. The adults who were fishing upstream and the children who were fishing down stream gathered fish, although the adults had lot more.
One of the children told me at the end of this hour long exercise that we were practicing the skills of brain storming and lateral thinking, which was taught to them in the civics class.
None of us need to get stuck permanently! There is a way forward, if we can pause, reflect, consult and dialogue! There is larger wisdom within us- it is for us to discover. That is why some thrive in spite of difficulties because the difficulties bring the best out o them! God is our enabler in difficult circumstances!
M.C.Mathew(text and photo)
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