A Touch of Heart
A person told me a touching story at the gym today and I wanted to share it with you. I was sitting in the sauna and an older gentlemen came in and immediately started to speak to me. He was the kind of happy person you don’t see enough of these days. He was so exuberant that his head could not contain the many thoughts and words he wanted to share. They came out quickly and with urgency. He was a good friend to have if you’re a good listener…
He started by telling me of his early morning routine and how every day he is awoken by all the birds chirping in his yard. It turns out his wife is an avid bird lover and has five bird feeders spread around the back yard. He said so many birds come, that they all sit in the trees and wait their turn to get at the various bird feeders. While they wait, they sing with great enthusiasm until their turn arrives. Before I could comment, he went on to explain that they also had many other animal visitors as well. Their home backs up to an old farm and they often had visiting sheep, pigs, raccoons, wolves, and also cows. The animals would wander off the farm and make a visit to their yard. He and his wife didn’t mind he said. She, in fact, grew up on a 300 acre farm and that’s where they had first met close to fifty years ago. I got the feeling that the animals came so often because they instinctively knew they were welcome in my new friend’s small plot of land.
One day he said, a strange thing happened. A cow came into their yard and soon after collapsed and died. He went over to check and sure enough the cow had passed away. As he walked into the house to make a phone call to the appropriate township authorities, he looked out the window and was astonished at what he saw. All the other cows from the farm had come into his yard and formed a circle around their dead comrade. This was very surprising as never before had more than one cow come onto his land. He said that to him it looked as if the cows were conducting their own rite of last respect for their friend. When he went away to answer the phone and then returned, the cows had left. Their work completed, their respects paid. My new friend said, he was amazed at how the cows had known something had happened – as if they were all connected.
I commented, that people are interconnected as well and also have a built in communication channel to each other. It’s just that we don’t realize it and end up ignoring it most of the time. The cows on the other hand don’t suffer the noise of many unrestrained thoughts which crowd out that inherent understanding. He paused for a second and I saw the statement pierce into his consciousness – as if he recognized something but couldn’t put his finger on it.
He then started speaking rapidly again. And I listened intently.
-Jay Kshatri
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