THE LIZARD STORY
This is a true story that happened in Japan.
In order to renovate the house, someone in Japan
tears open the wall.
Japanese houses normally have a hollow space
between the wooden walls.
When tearing down the walls,
he found that there was a lizard stuck there
because
a nail from outside hammered into one of its feet.
He sees this, feels pity, and at the same time
curious, as when he checked the nail,
it was nailed 10 years ago when the house was
first built.
What happened?
The lizard has survived in such position for 10
years!
In a dark wall partition for 10 years without moving,
it is impossible and mind boggling.
Then he wondered how this lizard survived for 10
years
without moving a single step–since its foot was
nailed!
So he stopped his work and observed the lizard,
what it has been doing, and what and how it has
been eating.
Later, not knowing from where it came,
appears another lizard, with food in its mouth.
Ahh! He was stunned and touched deeply.
For the lizard that was stuck by nail,
another lizard has been feeding it for the past 10
years…
Such love, such a beautiful love! Such love
happened even with this tiny
creature … What can love do? It can do wonders!
Love can do miracles!
Imagine? it has been doing that untiringly for 10
long years, without giving up hope on its partner.
Imagine what a small creature can do that a
creature blessed with a brilliant mind can’t.
I was touched when I heard this story and started
wondering about
relationships between family members, friends,
lovers, brothers, sisters.
As information and communication technology
advances,
our access to information becomes faster and
faster.
But the distance between human beings
. . . is it getting closer as well?
