Thursday
Morning Religious reflection 21st January, 2016
Once there was a young man
walking along a river bank. After some time, he stopped to stare at what was
happening in the river. In the river was a holy man who was trying to save a
scorpion. The scorpion was on a piece of a dry branch. If the holy man left the
scorpion, its death by drowning was certain. Unfortunately, each time the holy
person would attempt to rescue the scorpion it would sting him and he would
drop it back on the branch. After watching this for some time the young man
called out to the holy person. He asked him why he did not leave the scorpion
to its fate.
The holy man replied
that the nature of the scorpion is to sting and it is remaining true to its
nature. He then said my nature is to be good and help others, if a scorpion is
remaining true to its nature why should I give up mine.
My dear students, our
nature is to be good. We cannot allow ourselves to be influenced by the
negative things of the world. When we do things that are not good e.g. disobey
rules we make ourselves unhappy. This is because deep within we know it is not
right. The formula of life is simple, when we do good and help others we feel
good and we are happy.
