He saw the face of his two year old
sleeping peacefully in the cradle. It was such an innocent and reassuring
thing. For once he felt content. But the guilt started overpowering the
happiness as he remembered the heinous crime he had done! He had yet again
given in to the pleasure of gambling and had spent all his money and some more
in the greed of winning. All he wanted was to double his money and in the
process he had end up losing everything. Now he had debts to repay!
“There is no milk in the house. Would
you mind running an errand and buying some? Our son might wake up any time now”
shouted his wife from the kitchen. He winced as he heard it. How could he say
it to her, say that he had failed them yet again? He knew she would understand
him and probably forgive him too, for the kind soul that she was. But the guilt
in him wouldn’t let him do that. He wished for the millionth time that he had
showed some more restraint and had refrained himself from doing so.
‘Past is past!’ he thought as he tried
to convince himself. But the innocent face of his son kept disturbing him a
lot. “What about my future?” he felt the question being posed at him. He tried
desperately to find an answer. Minutes later he said “I won’t let anything
affect your happiness” as he kissed his son gently and walked out to find a new
job, this time with a determination to change himself!
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Guilt can affect you greatly! Either you
can sit back and let it swallow you completely or you can face it and learn not
to repeat the same mistakes again and move on, to be a better you!
Until the next post,
Keep Smiling :)
Love,
Swathi :)
Loved the positivity in the story ...and the quote at the end is completely true . If we want change then it's us who should to change ....
ReplyDeleteYes suhree its al upto us! Thank you :)
DeleteNo one is immune to guilt. It can be a very negative influence in your life but it can also be a positive one -- depending what you do with it. This was a positive one and hopefully, he would be able to maintain his decision. Good post, good question - thought provoking, for sure. Caro at http://batteredhope.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteTrue carol.. we should decide how to take it and how to handle it! Thank you :)
DeleteGood for him, and good for his family. Just because his wife was a kind soul, he couldnt be taking her for granted. At least, he moved towards some positive action now !
ReplyDeleteYes sreeja! That's important :)
DeleteOOh I shared this facebook video where the pooches had guilty faces and expressions when they did a boo boo. Its priceless
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DeleteThanks for the visit :)
Swati, love the post...Guilt is like a virus when it starts to consume a person and it takes courage and determination to throw it out and work towards washing out the reasons and making a fresh start.
ReplyDeleteSo true sunila!! It really requires courage to overcome guilt! Thank you :)
DeleteLovely post, Swati :) I've read somewhere, "No amount of gilt can change the past and no amount of worrying can change the future".
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True that is!! Thanks shalzz :)
DeleteLoved the post. Our past doesn't matter as long as we do justice to our present and makes our future approachable.
ReplyDeleteTrue Sheethal! Thank you :)
DeleteGuilt is a silent killer!!! Love post Athos!
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Thanks porthos :)
DeleteBeautiful take!
ReplyDeleteGuilt is like slow poisoning to the soul!
Thank you :)
DeleteGuilt is like a disease that slowly ends up reducing one to nothingness...Loved the way you gave a lesson through this post...
ReplyDeleteRandom Thoughts Naba
Thanks Naba :)
DeleteI hope he never returns to gambling again. Guilty conscience is sometimes a good teacher. Wonderful story.
ReplyDeleteThank you Rajlakshmi :)
DeleteWell-written story.
ReplyDeleteGuilt is a slow but sure killer.
We all make mistakes. Instead of feeling guilty, we must learn from our mistakes and sincerely try not to repeat them or other similar mistakes.
True pro! Learning is important! Thank you :)
DeleteVery positive! I liked it.
ReplyDeleteBest regards,
Elizabeth
Guilt can make the problem at hand all the more worse. A nicely written story! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Shilpa :)
DeleteGuilt is the worst enemy. If it can, however, make you change a bad habit, then I say, go for it. Don't dwell on the guilt though.
ReplyDeleteTrue ma'am! brood a little and get over it is how it should be!
DeleteGuilt can shatter you,,,,, completely :'( ,,,,,,,,, u need a strong mind to get over it,,,,,,nicely wriiten swatz,,guilt can swallow u,,,,, nice moral :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you saddy :) Yeah guilt can change u completely!
Deletevery well written.... yea, guilt can seize u like a tornado..... but like they say there's no use crying over spilt milk....a new start is the right answer....
ReplyDeleteThat's very well said :) Thank you :)
Deletegood one swatz :)
ReplyDeleteThank you :)
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