GREED

His teenage son was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. He spent the first two weeks in shock. He then quit his job and stayed home to care for his son — cooking, reading, caring, and taking him for his treatments. 

In this “zone” of care he found true happiness. Ironic how life’s greatest tragedies make us shift our priorities, and give us brilliant insights into life. Now that his son’s treatment is over, and the prognosis is good, he has gone back to work. 

As he came out of the zone of cancer care, and started his own firm, all he saw around him was greed. People chasing after the elusive dollar and being driven by greed — in every sense of the word. “I wish I could find that zone of happiness, without the accompanying tragedy,” he told me. “I can certainly do without the greed”. He has now begun a new found spiritual journey. Funny how we turn to God when the chips are down. 

I wish his family well, and pray his son is on his journey to healing. I hope that greed dies at the alter of spiritual renewal. And that tragedy is not a precursor to life’s toughest lessons.