Thursday, April 23, 2015

The English Teacher


A high school student developed a crush on her English teacher. Eventually she gathered the courage to send him a love letter. A few days later she was thrilled to receive a response from him. With great enthusiasm and trembling hands, she opened the envelope.
However, she found that the paper was filled with red marks. The teacher had simply corrected the spellings and grammar of her letter, but made no response to her communication.
He analyzed the letter, but missed the message completely.

When we go to listen to the Guru or Saints, or read the scriptures, do we try to understand the message or just analyze their words?

                                                              ‘Rajan Sachdeva’


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