Mike,
A woman called on Gandhi at his home, with her little son in tow.
They were admitted inside, met the Mahatma, and were invited to sit on the
floor with him.
The woman said:
"Mahatma, please tell my son to stop eating sugar. He is always eating sugar!
We cannot afford it. Please tell him to STOP!!"
Mahatma: "Dear Lady, please take your son home, and come back to me in three
days with him."
The lady was ruffled, astonished. But she got up and left with her son.
She came three days later with her son, and again they were brought into the
room where Gandhi sat spinning cotton on the floor. Gandhi asked them to sit
down.
Woman: "Mahatma, will you tell my son to please stop eating sugar?!"
Mahatma: "Boy!, obey your mother! Stop eating sugar."
Woman: "Mahatma, why could you not tell him this THREE DAYS ago? Why did you
have us come all this way back, today?!"
Mahatma: "Because, dear Lady, three days ago *I* had not stopped eating sugar."
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--J.
> mike brown <uerusuboyo@...> wrote:
>
> Don't know that one, but now I'm intrigued..
> >
> >Joe wrote:
> >Do you know the story regarding him and eating sugar?
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