Rejuvenating Relationships (poem)

The handle of an 11 year old most-used pan in the kitchen broke off. The pan was intact, but could no longer be used. I thought of getting a new one, but just then, discovered an unused pan with a brand new handle inside the kitchen. An idea flashed and led to replacing the broken handle with the new one. It enabled me to start re-using the old pan with the same ease, without having to get another one.

Somehow, I carried the old-pan-with-new-handle picture during meditation. It surfaced then that perhaps, the same analogy would work with some old-much-needed relationships in my life, which need rejuvenating.


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Just as, a new handle can replace a broken one.

talking through God can replace the verbal one.


Just as, the new handle works for an old pan,

a new trust in God can rejuvenate relationships.

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Aum Tat Sat