Very Well

Here is a story from Anthony DeMello that I love. I had not thought about it for a long time, but remembered it the other day...  It is a story that challenges me to release my worries...

VERY WELL, VERY WELL

A village girl became an unwed mother and, after several beatings, revealed to her parents who the
father was: the Zen Master living on the outskirts of the village.

The villagers trooped into the Master’s house, and rudely disturbed his meditation,
they denounced him as a hypocrite and told him to keep the baby.  All the Master said was,
“Very well. Very well. ”

He picked the baby up and made arrangements with the woman next door to look after
it at his expense.

His name, of course, was ruined, and his disciples all abandoned him.

When this had gone on for a year, the girl could bear it no longer and confessed that
she had lied. The father was the boy next door.

The villagers bowed profoundly to the Master to beg his pardon and ask to take the
baby back. And all the Master said as he handed back the child was, “Very well. Very
well. ”

What is going on in your life?

What is going on in my life?

Very well.  Very well.

It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.