An old man, a seeker once was on his pilgrimage in the mountains. The footpath was very steep and tough. While climbing uphill he was finding it very tiring. He had to halt every now and then as the Sun was burning. He started feeling weight of the sack which had hardly anything. While he was on the tough walk he saw a young girl carrying quite a grown up boy. It was certainly seemed to be a stress for her to carry this weight, the seeker thought.

            As the young girl carrying this grown up boy came close enough to the man, He started looking at them. The boy was certainly not looking normal. Looked like physically overgrown. His head was big and the legs looked weak. His mouth was open and some sound he was making, dropping something like a spit. The girl was wiping his mouth, time to time, talking to the boy so lovingly.

            Astonished, the man came forward towards the girl and said “What is this? The boy is young enough, you are spoiling him. And tell me don’t you feel him to be heavy for you? “

            The girl was surprised by his questions, said, “Oh no! He is not at all heavy. He is just physically challenged “.” I know “, she continued, “he is unable to come here by himself and how could he be heavy to me? He is my young brother, I love him.”

Suddenly the man became silent, his thinking stopped. He became introvert; realizing in love there is never disrespect, there is never burden.

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