The Blessing
He came walking
to the village from the mountain-top which was a long journey that he made from
time to time. He went door to door begging for alms to gtet a little extra
help.
The folks of the village were kind and prepared some food
and supplies for him. He
was always happy that they did their bit to help him. Life
was simple and not very complicated in the village. There was not much of a problem as the entire
village shared all their resources.
One fine day, as
the sun rose among the mountains and the hermit began his walk towards the
village, he heard a lot of noise and celebration. One of the boys from the
village had come back. He had been to
the fyypooooocity and now wanted to settle back in the village.
The boy whom
they were celebrating was the Headmans son. They were celebrating his return.
He had returned from the city and the village was celebrating his return. The
boy had got a degree and was now going to take
take over the reins of the village as his father was the headman. The
hermit came to the village and was happy to see the future and life flourishing
in the village.
He wanted to come
and give a blessing for future prosperity in the village. He moved to the crowd
and approached the young man to give him the blessing. As he came towards the
young man, the young man saw the hermit and said " Why do you come here,
old man? The times are a changing, and science will now cover this land. The
old has to make way for the new". Many of the villagers found it offensive
. They told the young man that mocking the hermit was like mocking their
traditions. But the young man was arrogant and stood his ground.
The hermit saw the
arrogance of the boy and knew that the talks of the city and fat headed
intellectuals had corrupted the boy's thoughts. The hermit raised his hand with
the cross and said " I have come to give you a blessing and so I shall.
May you fall in love."
The boy thought nothing about the blessing.
He went about on his normal life as usual. What about love?
Love was something he kept falling in and out of. He cleared off the dilemma,
and went about his way. He had good intentions but had fallen under the influence
of idealists who gave talks but never backed it with action.
So the days passed with the summer, and the rains began to
fall. The boy started to work in
the village with his people. While he was working in the
fields of his village, he had to go to a forest. As the roads were hilly, he
had to go on a horse as travel would be easier.
He galloped with
the horse towards the top of the mountain. As he reached there, his eyes fell
on a lovely lady who was standing near the trees. As his horse stopped the sun
rays fell on her face and made her glow. The boy fell a pain like an arrow that
was struck in his chest. Cupid had done his job and sat on the tree watching.
The boy felt the
sweet feeling rise all over his chest and spread through every part of his
body. But as he turned around to look for her, she was gone.
He went home and rested, but as he slept her thoughts kept
coming in his head and he couldn't stop thinking about her. By the time he woke
up, love had clawed into his soul.
He went to the mountain again, and he saw her again.He went
up and started a conversation with her. From that day onwards, he kept meeting her and they kept going
around roaming in the mountains. Life was good and he always wanted to be with
her. In hindsight the boy thanked the hermit for making him fall in love.
He was very happy
with life. Things were going well and he was doing well in the village. He only
thought of her day and night and wanted her only for himself. He thought the
world of her and gave all his attention
to her. The girl was also very happy with his gestures. He always wooed her and
gave her nice gifts. She also liked him, but as she spent time with him, she
felt like he seemed to be very dominant . He would not like any people looking
at her, and did not want to speak to her
friends.
He had become in a manner very possessive,
and this was the thing that had started to him very unappealing to her. But
what was he to do? He loved her fully in heart and soul , wanted to marry her
and start a family. She roamed with him,but had lost her feelings.
She told him about
his possessive nature, but he would not change his nature. He felt he needed to protect her from everyone so that
they could just be toghether for one another.
He wanted the best for her.
One day as he was
going to the mountain top to meet her
there was no one. He enquired from the locals and got the shock of his life.
His girlfriend had run away and no one knew where she was gone. He searched
high and low but was not able to find her.
She had left him,
he knew it was because of him but what was he to do ? He just loved her.
He wanted to give her the best. Why did she leave him, to go
into the arms of an evil world. She could have been with him, and they could
have been so happy.
Now his heart was
broken, and he felt the sadness of loss. He felt empty and hollow, and the clouds over his home were grey with the
dark night setting in. The pain that he felt in his heart, how was he to
relieve the pain. It kept hurting him through and he could not anything to
relieve it.
The only relief he
got was with her around and she was the only medicine for his sickness. He did
his best to distract himself from her and
her thoughts. But he could not do so. In desperation, he took to the
bottle to lose senses so he would be in a semiconscious state and would not
think about her. He started consuming as a daily routine.
Within six months he
had tried all kinds of intoxications to get
releif, but was unsucessful. He decided one day to go to the lake and
end his life.
As he went to the lake and was about to jump in the water,
he saw the hermit sitting at the bank. He was fishing for his days catch. The
boy approached the hermit in rage. " You gave me a blessing of love. Why did you do this to me!!!
" Hold your
horses, son" the Hermit said.
The hermit told him to sit down and stay calm. He offered
him a drink to releive him.
The boy reluctantly took the drink,..... but seemed good at
the time.
"You were arrogant and indifferent" the hermit
said. I saw it in your soul. You had good intentions but no regard for people
and traditions. Completely indifferent! But I had to come to give you a
Blessing, which i had to.
So I gave you the Blessing of Love. Love that has so men
through time. Kings, Monarchs and men of high nobility to paupers and beggars.
All of them humiliated under the hands of love. Love destroyed them all. It was
your
The boy lunged towards the hermit wrestling him down. The
hermit laughed in a mocking tone " What are you doing? You're going to
kill me. You're already dead.
After the anger dispersed, the monk got up on the ground and
dusted himself.
What is actually a
curse for you is a blessing for your
people who supported me. The pain that you feel and her memories. They can only
go when you keep your attention away from her and in helping people. Better do
so or you'll be suffering the pain.
Saying that, the monk got up and walked away shouting "
Love conquers all".
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