after war back from kargil

A story is told about a soldier who was finally coming home after having fought in Kargil. He called his parents from Delhi. 


"Mom and Dad, I'm coming home, but I've a favor to ask. I have a friend 
I'd like to bring home with me." 

"Sure," they replied, "we'd love to meet him." 

"There's something you should know the son continued, "he was hurt 
pretty badly in the fighting. He stepped on a land mind & lost an arm 
and a 
leg. He has nowhere else to go, & I want him to come live with us." 

"I'm sorry to hear that, son. Maybe we can help him find somewhere to 
live."

"No, Mom & Dad, I want him to live with us."

"Son," said the father, "you don't know what you're asking. Someone 
with such a handicap would be a terrible burden on us. We've our own 
lives to live, & we can't let something like this interfere with our lives. I think you should just come home and forget about this guy. He'll find a way to live on his own." 

At that point, the son hung up the phone. The parents heard nothing 
more from him. A few days later, however, they received a call from the 
J&K police. Their son had died after falling from a building, they were 
told. The police believed it was suicide. The grief-stricken parents 
flew to Sri Nagar and were taken to the city morgue to identify the 
body of their son. They recognized him, but to their horror they also 
discovered something they didn't know, their son had only one arm and 
one leg.

The parents in this story are like many of us. We find it easy to love 
those who are good-looking or fun to have around, but we don't like 
people who inconvenience us or make us feel uncomfortable. We would 
rather stay away from people who aren't as healthy, beautiful, or smart as we are. Thankfully, there's someone who won't treat us that way. Someone who loves us with an unconditional love that welcomes us into the forever family, regardless of how messed up we are.