Touching life story.....
A young man was getting ready to graduate college. For
many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer's
showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told
him that was all he wanted.
As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited
signs that his father had purchased the car. Finally, on the
morning of his graduation his father called him into his private
study. His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine
son, and told him how much he loved him. He handed his son
a beautiful wrapped gift box.
Curious, but somewhat disappointed the young man
opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Bible. Angrily,
he raised his voice at his father and said, "With all your money you
give me a Bible?" and stormed out of the house, leaving the holy
book.
Many years passed and the young man was very successful in
business.
He had a beautiful home and wonderful family, but realized his
father was very old, and thought perhaps he should go to him. He
had not seen him since that graduation day. Before he could make
arrangements, he received a telegram telling him his father had
passed away, and willed all of his possessions to his son. He
needed to come home immediately and take care things.
When he arrived at his father's house, sudden sadness and
regret filled his heart.
He began to search his father's important papers and
saw the still new Bible, just as he had left it years ago. With
tears, he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. As he
read those words, a car key dropped from an envelope
taped behind the Bible.
It had a tag with the dealer's name, the same dealer who had the
sports car he had desired. On the tag was the date of his graduation,
and the words...PAID IN FULL.
How many times do we miss God's blessings because they are not
packaged as we expected?
From India, Calcutta
7A young man was getting ready to graduate college. For
many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer's
showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told
him that was all he wanted.
As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited
signs that his father had purchased the car. Finally, on the
morning of his graduation his father called him into his private
study. His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine
son, and told him how much he loved him. He handed his son
a beautiful wrapped gift box.
Curious, but somewhat disappointed the young man
opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Bible. Angrily,
he raised his voice at his father and said, "With all your money you
give me a Bible?" and stormed out of the house, leaving the holy
book.
Many years passed and the young man was very successful in
business.
He had a beautiful home and wonderful family, but realized his
father was very old, and thought perhaps he should go to him. He
had not seen him since that graduation day. Before he could make
arrangements, he received a telegram telling him his father had
passed away, and willed all of his possessions to his son. He
needed to come home immediately and take care things.
When he arrived at his father's house, sudden sadness and
regret filled his heart.
He began to search his father's important papers and
saw the still new Bible, just as he had left it years ago. With
tears, he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. As he
read those words, a car key dropped from an envelope
taped behind the Bible.
It had a tag with the dealer's name, the same dealer who had the
sports car he had desired. On the tag was the date of his graduation,
and the words...PAID IN FULL.
How many times do we miss God's blessings because they are not
packaged as we expected?
From India, Calcutta
hi
good it really heart touching story,
before we take action we should percieve the things and then we have to take a step to what to do,
see with his angers behaviour he lost his gift, and me have succed in business but in real life he was failes
anu
good it really heart touching story,
before we take action we should percieve the things and then we have to take a step to what to do,
see with his angers behaviour he lost his gift, and me have succed in business but in real life he was failes
anu
hello friends. its a nice story with a number of lessons to be learnt. first. the son did not have confidence in his father's choice of the gift. second . due to the screeing effect of materialism on the young son, he could not see the real gift i.e bible. third. life span is too short. the son had matured and grew his own family and also built up his own business. i think he took too much time to revert to his parents which is not correct. in such scenarios, it's better to react with a delilberate and quick pace than wait fot the time to heal the void. fourth. there was definitely a gap in the effective communicatioin between the father and the son. alas the son only came when his father is gone. what use. they both missed each other's relationship for such a long time. thanx. col j r vatsa
From India, Delhi
From India, Delhi
Nice story. I feel that the most obvious lesson is "Look before you leap" or "Think twice before you speak". In short, don’t be impulsive and jump to conclusions.
From India, New Delhi
From India, New Delhi
Life lesson I received from a friend.I don’t know the source but worth reading Prakashkailas
From India, Kochi
From India, Kochi
Touching story. It is true that often we miss the real thing, we count our sorrows and miss the blessings. ashok
From India, Mumbai
From India, Mumbai
Really heart touching... sometimes in life we are so rude to our dear ones that we don’t even try to realise their hard core affection to us.
From India, New Delhi
From India, New Delhi
Hi, Heart Touching story many times we hurt our parents the same way as in the story knowingly or unknowingly....a change is badly needed for our generation. Swapna
From India, Mumbai
From India, Mumbai
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