The necklace...must read

[Balwinder Singh]

The Necklace

The cheerful little girl with bouncy golden curls was

almost five. Waiting with her mother at the checkout

stand, she saw them, a circle of glistening white

pearls in a pink foil box.

Oh mommy please, Mommy. Can I have them? Please,

Mommy, please?"

Quickly the mother checked the back of the little foil

box and then looked back into the peading blue eyes of

her little girl's upturned face.

"A dollar ninety-five. That's almost $2.00. If you

really want them, I'll think of some extra chores for

you and in no time you can save enough money to buy

them for yourself. Your birthday's only a week away

and you

might get another crisp dollar bill from Grandma."

As soon as Jenny got home, she emptied her penny bank

and counted out 17 pennies . After dinner, she did

more than her share of chores and she went to the

neighbor

and asked Mrs. McJames if she could pick dandelions

for ten cents. On her birthday, Grandma did give her

another new dollar bill and at last she had enough

money to buy the necklace.

Jenny loved her pearls. They made her feel dressed

up and grown up. She wore them everywhere, Sunday

school, kindergarten, even to bed. The only time she

took them off was when she went swimming or had a

bubble bath. Mother said if they got wet, they might

turn her neck green.

Jenny had a very loving daddy and every night when

she was ready for bed, he would stop whatever he was

doing and come upstairs to read her a story. One night

as he finished the story, he asked Jenny,

"Do you love me?"

"Oh yes, daddy. You know that I love you."

"Then give me your pearls."

"Oh, daddy, not my p earls. But you can have

Princess, the white horse from my collection, the one

with the pink

tail. Remember, daddy? The one you gave me. She's

my very favorite,"

"That's okay, Honey, daddy loves you. Good night."

And he brushed her cheek with a kiss.

About a week later, after the story time, Jenny's

daddy asked again,

"Do you love me?"

"Daddy, you know I love you."

"Then give me your pearls."

"Oh Daddy, not my pearls. But you can have my baby

doll. The brand new one I got for my birthday. She is

beautiful and you can have the yellow blanket that

matches

her sleeper."

"That's okay. Sleep well. God bless you, little one.

Daddy loves you."

And as always, he brushed her cheek with a gentle

kiss.

A few nights later when her daddy came in, Jenny was

sitting on her bed with her legs crossed Indian style.

As he came close, he noticed her chin was trembling

and one silent tear rolled down her cheek.

"What is it, Jenny? What's the matter?"

Jenny didn' t say anything but lifted her little hand

up to her daddy. And when she opened it, there was her

little pearl necklace.With a little quiver, she

finally said,

"Here, daddy, this is for you."

With tears gathering in his own eyes, Jenny's daddy

reached out with one hand to take the dime store

necklace, and with the other hand he reached into his

pocket and pulled out

a blue velvet case with a strand of genuine pearls and

gave them to Jenny.

He had them all the time. He was just waiting for her

to give up the dime-store stuff so he could give give

her the genuine treasure.

So it is, with our Heavenly Father. He is waiting for

us to give up the cheap things in our lives so that He

can give us beautiful

treasures.

Isn't God good? Are you holding onto things that God

wants you to let go of? Are you holding on to harmful

or unnecessary partners, relationships, habits and

activities

that you have come so attached to that it seems

impossible t o let go? Sometimes it is so hard to see

what is in the other hand but do believe this one

thing.

God will never take away something without giving you

something better in its place.

Allow yourself to "let go" and accept that your

wildest dreams can come true...it is all up to YOU!

Beaming brilliant dreams that come true~

[V]

Really nice ending,

give up cheap things - achieve the real treausre

Lobh is really strong now a days :WW:

bhull chukk maaf

Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa!

Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!!

[DhadiMania]

nice read.

to give up the 5 lusts, we will be replaced as pyare gurmukho. giving up our sins we are pooran gursikhs.

[gupt faujaan]

very nice post.

[Gupat Singhni]

Wow...it's true we should just leaving everything to bhana..

[Robbie Singh]

It is a great poem! But I remember reading something Guru Nanak Ji said, who holds those branches together to whom you climb with your own strenght.

We often say, leave this - walk this path - do this. Is it really we who are doing this? Our affects! There is no real answer to this question! May be we have being granted some Freedom to choose or may be we all are destined to be. Someone can pick this verse from Gurbani and say we are destined and someone else can pick another verse from Gubani and say we have the Freedom and yet another can choose a verse that says both is true. Regardless, a Sikh is contented the way He models him or her.

The beauty of Gurbani is that it teaches us to live with what we get. We may be a beggar in life and He will teach us how to be happy being a bagger. Its taking life as it comes without worry or disappointments regardless of the situation.

Bhai Vir Singh in one of his books says, "I do not sing the praises of whos Guru Granth Sahib sings - I sing the praises of the Guru." For a Sikh like Bahi Vir Singh who has being dranched in the pool of necter there is nothing beyond the Guru. Guru becomes everything for him. Then it is not us who do anything - It is Him who does everything.

In Guru's Grace,

Robbie Singh

[Guest mehtab]

ting tong (door bell)

oops

i meant

bump (punch)

[Kudrat-Ke-Sab-Bande]

Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa!

Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!!

Great post.

Great moral. :TH:

[B-KauR]

wjkk wjkf

nicee post :TH:

wjkk wjkf

[googlykaur]

Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa!

Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!!

very chunga article