Rabbi Louise Jacobs, who was a well-known advisor to Britain\u2019s think tanks during the cold war, told me the following amazing story some years ago.<\/p>\n
His good friend Dr. Goldman attended the birth of a baby one Halloween. The poor child was badly deformed and frighteningly ugly and Dr Goldman took it to a side room immediately after the birth.<\/p>\n
He pondered the problems the child would encounter in life if it survived. As he was agonizing over this, a nurse came in and said the mother was asking is the baby all right and could she now see it. <\/p>\n
He was in turmoil: undecided over his professional oaths or whether to simply let the baby die. <\/p>\n
The nurse searched his face for guidance and seeing he was troubled said the baby had other problems; among them a deformed spine with a severe hunchback, eyes that were too close together and a large protruding jaw.<\/p>\n
With a sigh Doctor Goldman passed the baby to the nurse who then took him to a shocked and very upset mother.<\/p>\n
Over the years he often wondered if the baby had survived and what became of him. <\/p>\n
However with career success, many papers published and regular appearances on the lecture circuit, the baby simply became a troubling memory.<\/p>\n
With the passing years, Dr Goldman realized he was burning the candle at both ends and his health was beginning to fail; he was feeling very weak and lethargic and his facial colour was growing stranger, his heartbeat was erratic and doctors were unable to provide a satisfactory diagnosis.<\/p>\n
In short, his health was failing rapidly and when he was hospitalised Dr Goldman felt that his days might be numbered.<\/p>\n
However, the doctors treating him told Dr Goldman that there was one specialist in his rare condition and if they could contact him he would be consulted over doctor’s condition.<\/p>\n
Ten days went by and Dr Goldman grew anxious about his deteriorating health.<\/p>\n
Then a ward nurse came in and told Dr Goldman the good news; the specialist in his condition had been contacted, had agreed to consultation and would soon be able to see him.<\/p>\n
Some days later, Doctor was dozing when a nurse and the ward nurse opened the door to a man who was obviously the awaited specialist.<\/p>\n
Dr Goldman sat up shocked in bed and stared for the specialist had a badly deformed spine with a prominent hunchback, a lop sided shoulder, eyes close together and a protruding jaw. <\/p>\n
“I know you”, he said as he sat up in bed, I was at your birth one Halloween day.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know you were”, said the specialist, “that\u2019s why I came\u201d<\/p>\n
We all at times in life have experienced similar events as this, we thought about a course of action without realizing the long term implications down the line, often many years later we reap a harvest for good or bad, with seeds sown long ago.<\/p>\n
So think carefully this Halloween, and sow only seeds that will produce good healthy fruit, for many years later you may have to eat it.<\/p>\n
T Stokes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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