~ Are You Available ~
T’was battered and scarred, and the auctioneer
Thought it scarcely worth his while
To waste much time on the old violin,
But held it up with a smile.
"What am I bidden, good folks," he cried,
"Who’ll start the bidding for me?"
"A dollar, a dollar," then, two! Only two?
"Two dollars, and who’ll make it three?
"Three dollars, once; three dollars, twice;
Going for three . . . "But no,
From the room, far back, a grey haired man
Came forward and picked up the bow;
Then, wiping the dust from the old violin,
And tightening the loose strings,
He played a melody pure and sweet
As a caroling angel sings.
The music ceased, and the auctioneer,
With a voice that was quiet and low,
Said: "What am I bid for the old violin?"
And he held it up with the bow.
"A thousand dollars, and who’ll make it two?
Two thousand! And who’ll make it three?
Three thousand, once; three thousand, twice;
And going and gone," said he.
The people cheered, but some of them cried,
"We do not quite understand
What changed its worth?"Swift came the reply:
"The touch of a master’s hand."
And many a man with life out of tune,
And battered and scarred with sin,
Is auctioned cheap to the thoughtless crowd,
Much like the old violin.
A "mess of potage," a glass of wine;
A game, and he travels on.
He is "going" once, and "going" twice,
He’s "going" and almost "gone."
But the Master comes and the foolish crowd
Never can quite understand
The worth of a soul and the change that’s wrought
By the touch of the Master’s hand. --
Poem by Myra Brooks Welch
Let the foolish crowd choose to be as what they want to be. May we as disciples remain to be available to the Touch of The Master!
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Thank you very much for introducing us to a soul stirring poem.And the way you have connected it with thought provoking statement
"Are You Available".
Followed by beautifull picture worth thousand words!!!!!
Yes!Master's touch,grace is in abundance to one and all and as disciples being available to the grace is the biggest blessing which alone can uplift us!!!."The worth of a soul and the change that’s wrought
By the touch of the Master’s hand.."
--Beautiful poem with your heartfelt wishes" may we be available to the touch of
master's hand"
Namaste!
Wonderful reflections expressed so beautifully. Thankyou Vani for just being here.
First and foremost our gratitude to the poetess, then followed by the disciple who discovered and wished to share it with me with such an apt picture.
Yes indeed! Grace is the ultimate and our availability is the door. Lets keep it wide and open...:)
Loved the Story....
Wishing you masterful moments always by raising one's sail to open one's soul to the still wind that is always present.
The soul is as it is and its the mind, may be in a state of ongoing discovery, i feel.
Masterful moments...loved your expression. Thankyou for being here.
To realize the manifestation as the expression of the unmanifested and not as separate,to get trapped into interpretations or to just know them as interpretations makes a world of difference. These vital changes to know them as it is and all the rest as MAYA has to happen and thats what The Master's touch(Grace) bestows.