Re: The next time some one needs you-----just be there
Dear Mai Ji,
The point I want to make is this:
The overly dramatic mushy stuff that is shown in
movies and novels sounds very sweet. Most people
easily fall for it because it is tender and appeals
to our senses and the self-serving rationalizations
we have invented to justify ourselves. However,
it's wrong to consider it the be-all and end-all of
human existence.
One who has not yet realized that there is a
purpose higher than their immediate comforts
and rationalizations has not made much progress.
The lives of Guru Sahiban, the four Sahibjadays
and the Panj Piayray and numerous other Sikhs
who followed their footsteps serve to remind us
what that higher purpose is. That is why their
memory is so precious to us.
We may never be able to rise even a tiny
infinitesimal fraction of the heights they rose to
but as long as we have the memory we know we
have a long way to go and don't run the risk of
getting arrogant and complacent. The day I start
believing that I know everything that needs to be
known and I have done everything that needs to
be done would probably be the worst day of my life.