From T h e V e d a n t a K e s a r i
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One day a teacher of a primary school asked her students to write an essay about what they would like God to do for them. Later in the evening while going through those essays at home, she came across one that moved her much. Her husband, who just walked in, enquired: 'What happened?' Handing over a sheet of paper, she answered,
'Read this. It's an essay by one of my students.' The husband read the following essay, titled, 'I just want to live like a TV':
Oh God, tonight I ask you something very special: Make me into a television. I want to take its place. I want to live like the TV in my house.
Have my own special place and have my family around ME. To be taken seriously when I talk . . .
I want to be the centre of attention and be heard without interruptions or questions.
I want to receive the same special care that the TV receives even when it is not working. Have the company of my dad when he arrives home from work, even when he is tired. And I want my mom to want me when she is sad and upset, instead of ignoring me... And . . . I want my brothers to fight to be with me . . .
I want to feel that family leaves everything aside, every now and then, just to spend some
time with me.
And last, but not the least, make it that I can make them all happy and entertain them. Lord I don't ask you for much . . . I just want to live like a TV.'
Having finished reading the essay, the husband gravely remarked: ‘My God, poor kid.
What horrible parents!’ Tears rolling down her cheek, she looked up at him and calmly said: ‘That essay is written by our son!!’ —Cyberspace
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