The Moral Vision
Message Without Words
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MESSAGE WITHOUT WORDS
A certain student from Rajasthan had failed in his
high school examinations. He appeared again the
following year, but failed again. After having failed
for the third time the next year he was so ashamed
of his performance that he left his home, unable to
show his face to his family.
He just kept walking about aimlessly. After a long
time he stopped at a well to quench his thirst.
Women and children had gathered around it, filling
their pots by turns. There he caught sight of
something. Something, small, but of great
significance. He was deeply moved, and his thirst
was gone. All of a sudden he felt as though he had
found something far greater than the water he had
come for. What happened was quite simple. The
villagers who visited the well for water, usually
brought two earthen pots. They would place one
pot on a stone near the well while letting the other
down on a rope inside the well to draw water. To
his astonishment, the part of the stone on which the
pot was placed had rubbed away and there was a
hollow there. The pot was made of earth, he
