Garden of weeds

 


One day a guest came to the house of Coolridge, an evangelist.  He told that it is not good for us to teach our religious belief to our children.  We should not force them towards one particular direction.  We must give freedom to our children to have their own choice.  After listening to him for some time Coolridge invited him to visit his garden and both went there. 

The garden was full of weeds.  So the guest asked him why your garden is not like any other beautiful garden rather it is full of weeds.  Coolridge replied, “I did not want to interfere the freedom of this garden and so this garden allowed this weeds to grow on its own will”. 

In the same way if our children are not taught the right path in their childhood they may get spoiled.

 

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