Bird's Nest....

Dear Friends

Happy New Week

Source: Internet

Sharing an experience that TN Seshan narrated in a

Management Seminar.

Once, When he was Chief Election Commissioner,

he was traveling to Uttar Pradesh with his wife for a picnic.

On the way, they saw a large mango plantation filled with

many sparrow nests hanging on the trees. 

On seeing this his wife expressed a desire to have

two sparrow nests for adorning the walls of their house. 

The policemen who were accompanying them immediately

called a small boy who was grazing cattle there and told him

to fetch two sparrow nests from the trees.

Mr. Seshan offered to give Rs.10 to the boy for the job.

The boy refused to do. Mr. Seshan then offered to pay Rs.50/-.

But the boy didn't budge. 

The police then threatened the boy and told him that Mr.Seshan

was a high ranking officer and will have to face serious consequences. 

The boy then walked upto Mrs & Mr. Seshan and said,

"Sahab, I cannot do this.

Those nests contain the eggs and small kids of the Sparrows.

If I give you two nests, the mother sparrow who has

gone out will come in the evening with the food for its children

and will be sad on not finding the nests. I can't bear to see this"

The Seshans were stunned to hear this.

Seshan said, "My Position, Power and IAS degree just got

melted away in front of the words spoken by that small,

Illiterate cattle grazing boy."

Mr.Sesahan continued, "After foregoing the desire for the nests

and returning home, I was haunted by a deep feeling of guilt

caused by that incident....

*Education & expensive clothes are never the scales

to measure humanity.Wisdom means Understanding nature.

Infact,By collecting lots of information and

acquiring knowledge we are understanding nothing.*

*It is wisdom, compassion and love for nature and

fellow beings which makes one's life happy.*

Kind Regards