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Life’s Gifts Are In Disguise

Submitted by Pravs J on Saturday, 20 June 200933 Comments

Life’s Gifts Are In Disguise

A young man was getting ready to graduate college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer’s showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted.

As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited signs that his father had purchased the car. Finally, on the morning  of his graduation his father called him into his private study. His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and  told him how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful wrapped gift box.

Curious, but somewhat disappointed the young man opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Bible. Angrily, he raised his voice at his father and said, “With all your money you give  me  a Bible?” and stormed out of the house, leaving the holy book.

Many years passed and the young man was very successful in business. He had a beautiful home and wonderful family, but realized his father was very old, and thought perhaps he should go to him. He had not seen him since that graduation day. Before he could make arrangements, he received a telegram telling him his father had passed away, and willed all of his possessions to his son.

He needed to come home immediately and take care things. When he arrived at  his father’s house, sudden sadness and regret filled his heart. He began to search his father’s important papers and saw the still new Bible, just as he had left it years ago. With tears, he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages.

As he read those words, a car key dropped from an envelope taped behind the Bible. It had a tag with the dealer’s name, the same dealer who had the sports car he had desired. On the tag was the date of his graduation, and the words…PAID IN FULL.

How many times do we miss Life’s gifts because they are not packaged as we expected?

33 Comments »

  • speckle said:

    lovely…

    simple anecdotes like these can be such powerful reminders..

    keep em coming! :) :)

    - 20 June 2009 at 3:09 pm
  • bat said:

    Thank you.

    To all fathers and to be fathers “Happy Father’s Day”!

    - 20 June 2009 at 10:19 pm
  • samannaz said:

    thanks.
    i love mu father.he is my father and my teacher too.Ilearn many thing from my father.((Happy fathers Day))

    - 21 June 2009 at 3:37 am
  • Marcel Marian said:

    Simple but powerful..Lot of inspiration…Keep up Pravs..

    - 21 June 2009 at 5:33 am
  • coolit said:

    I LOVE IT….

    Thanks PRAVS…

    - 21 June 2009 at 9:02 am
  • Khuzaima said:

    A simple message which touches our heart.

    - 21 June 2009 at 9:04 am
  • fatemeh said:

    dad i love you…

    - 21 June 2009 at 9:34 am
  • Abhay said:

    Tat was wonderful…….
    Almost touched my heart……

    Rock on.

    Abhay.

    - 21 June 2009 at 10:28 am
  • VIJAI LAXMI SINGH said:

    “Happy Father’s Day”!

    dad I love u….

    - 21 June 2009 at 12:09 pm
  • arti said:

    so true and so touching . wish this be a lesson to all the children on this father’s day and a promise not to repeat this story!

    - 21 June 2009 at 3:08 pm
  • Tazwara said:

    Happy Father’s Day my Baba >:D< u r my bestest friend in this whole beautiful world n I promise to live up to ur expectations, n will never do da crime like this man had committed, n always make u happy!!! Ur smile makes my day go lucky n cheerful,,, n I think um da luckiest daughter,,,, lucky to have u as my father Baba :)
    All u need to knw iz dat u r my father, my baba, n I love u more than words can say :)

    - 21 June 2009 at 5:18 pm
  • Uche said:

    Splendid story indeed!! Thanks Prav. So illuminating!!!

    - 21 June 2009 at 10:30 pm
  • Thushari said:

    It is a graeat meessage

    - 22 June 2009 at 2:04 am
  • smita said:

    How many times do we miss Life’s gifts because they are not packaged as we expected?……thoughtful question…

    - 22 June 2009 at 3:28 am
  • Shipra said:

    This one z simply great!!
    Loved it..keep writing..

    - 22 June 2009 at 3:51 am
  • Aditya said:

    Amazing story…simple but vry true!!!!

    Thanks

    - 22 June 2009 at 4:21 am
  • madhura said:

    Speechless !!!

    - 22 June 2009 at 6:00 am
  • dinesh said:

    very touching.best lesson is we should clarify before loosing our control and hurting the fillings of dearones.

    - 22 June 2009 at 6:25 am
  • jim said:

    Nice karen very touching…..

    - 22 June 2009 at 9:48 am
  • Godfrey said:

    Very interesting, a touching story…I have learn a lot from this one..

    - 23 June 2009 at 6:53 am
  • Ashwini said:

    Fantabulous Story… Clearly Illuminating!!!
    Thanks Pravs..
    As always you make me grow affirmative every passing moment:-)

    - 23 June 2009 at 7:59 am
  • Sal said:

    Poignant message..teaches us we need to slow down in emotion, action and thought ..Cheers!

    - 23 June 2009 at 3:34 pm
  • Amit Kumar said:

    Lovely story….
    Teaches us Clarify the things before taking any action in anger
    ………..Thanks

    - 24 June 2009 at 4:00 am
  • mahesh chawla said:

    This is a must read for today’s children, they take all for granted and when they feel they r missing the bus they act like typical children without realising its effects. By reading this they may realise the value attached to them by thier parents and hopefully wait for thier turn

    - 24 June 2009 at 3:09 pm
  • Sue said:

    Gosh, this sure got me all choked! Why can we all not stop expecting from everybody? The moment we do put an end to such expectation, we begin to live a fuller life and automatically begin to receive all that it has to offer ………….. & many times we will see that Lige gives us much more than we could have ever imagined (expected)!

    - 25 June 2009 at 3:36 am
  • Dev said:

    I liked the story so much, i cant explain. Really after reading it my eyes became wet………….

    - 25 June 2009 at 6:20 am
  • Sankaran.G. said:

    It really pierced my heart and i was choke up. No words to describe the very very powerful message in a nutshell.

    - 27 June 2009 at 1:31 pm
  • Muhammad Asif said:

    There is nothing left to say after reading it….. Mind Blowing.

    - 1 July 2009 at 9:26 am
  • the dream said:

    A gad good words from my fivar rapar ……
    he say that {Why am daying for life if am just leving to day.}

    - 2 July 2009 at 10:26 am
  • coco said:

    A thing this not a good pearson and saccessfui in life and your father is alone in a life way {the man who is give you this life the man who is spand all his power to pout you be like you ar}

    - 2 July 2009 at 10:33 am
  • Jayana said:

    wonderful, so much said n explained in simple story

    - 12 July 2009 at 7:20 am
  • Arjun said:

    Simply awesome!

    Thanks a lot Dad for all the things you have given me in the most trying times.. thanks for the all the blessings and care..

    - 26 October 2009 at 6:42 am
  • Shweta said:

    Superb!!!

    - 28 December 2009 at 1:13 pm

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