A Lesson from Disabled People

Once, a visitor was being shown
around a leper colony in India.
The colony was built to provide a
shelter for those people who were
poor and had various physical disabilities.
At noon a gong (a metal disk that
produces a sound when hit with a
hammer) sounded to gather the
inhabitants for the midday meal.
People came from all parts of the compound to the dining hall.
Suddenly, everyone started laughing
at seeing two young men.
One riding on the other's back,
pretending to be a horse and a rider.
They were having lots of fun. As the visitor watched, he was told
that the man who carried his friend
was blind, and the man being carried
was lame (who couldn't walk).
The one who couldn't see used his
feet; the one who couldn't walk used his eyes.
Together they helped each other and
reached their destination.
LESSON: "Let us use each other's
strengths to make up
for the weaknesses of others. Our strength is in unity, not in division.