Mother and mute child

A mother has her first child and as she nurtures her child for the first year she looks forward to the time her child will speak. A year passes and the child does not make a sound. She worries a little that the child is not even making a single sound. At two years the mothers fears are proven correct as the child is diagnosed as not being able to speak.

The child can hear fine as he follows the sounds that they make around him, but he cannot speak. She waits another few years. And hopes that one day her child will call her, speak to her, cry out her name. She longs for some response. But nothing.

Then one day while she is working outside she hears "Maaa!" shedrops everything runs to her child and asks the child, did you say something, say it again, was it just my imagination, please say something, say it again.....

And So is our Guru waiting for his children to call out to him, talk tohim, ask for him, remember him. Sometimes we may remember for an instant in times of pain and he will always run to us, he is always there, but then we lose our voices again.

gur naanak dhaekh vigasee maerae piaarae jio maath suthae

Beholding the Guru, Nanak is filled with wondrous joy, like a child, gazing upon his mother.

Guru Raam Daas Ji Raag Aasaa 452

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prabh maath pithaa ka(n)t(h) laaeidhaa lahurrae baalak paal

God is my mother and father; He hugs me close in His embrace, and cherishes me, like His tiny baby.

Guru Arjan Dev Ji Raag Raamkalee Ang 957