Each Morning Grandpa Was Up Early
Sitting At The Kitchen Table Reading his religious Holy Book. His
Grandson Wanted To Be Just Like Him And Tried To imitate Him in Every
Way He Could.One Day The Grandson Asked, "Grandpa! I Try To Read The
Holy Book Just Like You But I Don't Understand it, And What I Do
Understand I Forget As Soon As I Close The Book.What Good Does Reading
The Holy Book do?"The Grandfather Quietly Turned From Putting Coal in
The Stove And Replied,"Take This Coal Basket Down To The River And Bring
Me Back A Basket Of Water."The Boy Did As He Was Told, But All The
Water Leaked Out Before He Got Back To The House.The Grandfather Laughed
And Said, "You'll Have To Move A Little Faster Next Time," And Sent Him
Back To The River With The Basket To Try Again.This Time The Boy Ran
Faster, But Again The Basket Was Empty Before He Returned Home.Out Of
Breath, He Told His Grandfather That it Was impossible To Carry Water in
A Basket, And He Went To Get A Bucket instead.The Old Man Said, "I
Don't Want A Bucket Of Water; I Want A Basket Of Water.You're just Not
Trying Hard Enough," And He Went Out The Door To Watch The Boy Try
Again.At This Point, The Boy Knew it Was impossible, But He Wanted To
Show His Grandfather That Even if He Ran As fast As He Could, The Water
Would Leak Out Before He Got Back To The House.The Boy Again Dipped The
Basket into River And Ran Hard,But When He Reached His Grandfather The
Basket Was Again Empty.Out of Breath, He Said, " See Grandpa, it's
Useless!""So you Think it is Useless?" The Old Man Said, "Look At The
Basket." " The Boy Looked At The Basket And For The first Time Realized
That The Basket Was Different.It Had Been Transformed From A Dirty Old
Coal Basket And Was Now Clean, inside And Out."Son, That's What Happens
When You Read The Holy Book.You Might Not Understand Or Remember
Everything, But When You Read it, You Will Be Changed, inside And
out"That is the work of Waheguruji and Bani in our lives and Let us all
Clean ourselves .....
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