STORIES FROM HIGH PLACES
A
very handsome man in his mid-30s met a very beautiful lady and fell in love
with her. The lady hailed from a certain
town in one of the regions that was most-discriminated against in their home
country. She was not only beautiful but
also had a humble nature that attracted like a magnet.
The
handsome man made up his mind that this was the woman he wanted to spend the
rest of his life with. Shortly after he
finished law school in his home country, this handsome man got a travelling
opportunity to the UK, with a well-paying job as a lawyer in one of the top
reputable law firms.
Two
years later, he came down from UK to perform the marriage rites so that he
could quickly marry the beautiful young lady he had fallen in love with. He also decided to take her along with
him. When he came down, he introduced
the young lady to his family, but to his surprise, his mother was only one
against his decision to marry her. She
said it was only over her dead body that her son would marry the lady. She simply disliked the young lady’s tribe.
The
handsome young man still went ahead to marry the young lady even without his
mother’s approval. Whenever there was a
family get-together, his mother only showed love to all her other
daughters-in-law.
A
year later, his mother became bedridden for several months and was also
diagnosed of a life-threatening ailment.
On her sick bed, she reached out to all her other daughters-in-law whom
she loved dearly and accepted, but they, together with their husbands (her
sons) gave her reasons and excuses why they could not visit.
The
woman also reached out to her other son in the UK and he also declined coming
down to see her since she refused to approve of his marriage and also became
cold towards him after he married the woman of his dreams. He mentioned to his wife that he received a
call from his mother regarding her health.
Out
of sympathy, the young lady told her husband that she had also received a call
from her family and for that reason she had to visit them because it had been a
while since she last saw them. She left
London with her husband’s consent and when she arrived their home country, she
went straight to her mother-in-law’s house.
There,
she took care of the woman, stayed with her day and night, swept the house, cooked
for her, took her to the hospital, she never left her side. She took care of her for three months.
The
woman’s health started to improve and she realized the kind of person the young
lady was and she immediately regretted her initial attitude towards her
daughter-in-law. She woke up one
morning, and calling out to the young lady, she apologize to her saying,
“forgive me for everything I did to you.
I should have known better”. The
lady with tears of joy, embraced her mother-in-law.
The
woman later called her son to narrate what had happened, and also apologise to
him. He then sought permission from his
workplace, and travelled to see his mother. He was glad that his mother had
come to realize his wife’s good personality.
A
year later, the couple was blessed with a set of beautiful twin-girls.
LESSONS
1. Discrimination
in any form is not godly. We should
learn to treat people right irrespective of their ethnic, cultural, social,
religious or economic backgrounds.
2. Human
knowledge is limited to depict what the future holds, hence the need to live
humbly.
3. The
person you despise today could be your anchor tomorrow.
4. Forgiveness
is a virtue and a womb, it releases embedded blessings.
5. Irrespective
of the faults of parents or fatherly figures, we need not retaliate. We need not make mistakes in the errors of
the elderly.
6. Time
is the best counsellor, let time be your best ally.
7. We
might not always have the opportunity to right our wrongs so we need to live
wisely.
8. No
matter the depth at which someone offends us, we need to learn the act of true
forgiveness.
BERNARD
ELBERNARD NELSON-ESHUN
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