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SEARCHING FOR THE NEEDLE
Once a woman was standing outside in the street searching
and searching for something under the bright street
lamp. A wise man walked by and asked her, “Mother, what
are you searching for?”
She replied, “I have lost my needle and I am looking for it.”
The man helped her search for quite sometime, all to no
avail. Finally, he asked, “Mother, where exactly did you
lose your needle?” She replied, “I was sewing inside on the
chair and the needle was lost there.”
The wise man queried, “But Mother, if you lost your needle
inside then why are you searching outside for it?”
The woman answered, “Because inside it is dark and I cannot
see. Here, with the light of this lamp I can see easily
and search for my needle.”
The wise man counseled her, “Mother, go back inside. It
may be dark and difficult to see, but your needle is inside.
Light a candle and search inside. You will never find your
needle out here.”
We laugh at the silliness of the old woman who looked for
her needle outside even though it had been lost inside.
Yet, don’t we do the same thing in our lives? We look outside
for our happiness, for our fulfillment and for our joy.
We look to possessions to fulfill us. We think that if we have
the newest model car, a new CD or a new pair of shoes
that we will be happy. When we feel depressed or stressed,
what do we do? We go shopping or we go on a holiday to
the beach.
Yet, we all know that happiness and peace are not there.
We are never truly happier or more peaceful the day after
buying something new than we were before. In fact we
frequently forget that we even bought it! The new coat,
pair of shoes or CD gets put in a closet or store room and
we forget about it.
The reason that these things don’t bring happiness is that
we may have a new coat, but it is still being worn by the
same person. We may have new shoes, but they are covering
the same feet. We may be driving a new car, but the
driver is the same. We may be in Hawaii or Tahiti or on a
cruise ship – but WE are still there and the pain comes
from within, not from without. If the dissatisfaction and
the pain come from within then how can the satisfaction
and joy come from without?
They cannot. The sooner we realize that the true answer
lies within - in our hearts, in our relationship to God, in our
inner selves — the quicker we will find that answer. It is a
rare person, though, who pauses to look inward for answers.
Most of us are so busy searching shopping malls,
vacation catalogues and our relationships with other
people for the answers.
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