Accept Hikari Oe
posted in Personal Development, The Law of Attraction, Motivation, Inspiration, Self Improvement, Dream, Goal, Law of Attraction, Enthusiasm, Positive Thinking, Life, Power, mindset, believes, belief |Nobel Prize winner Kenzaburo Oe had a son born at a hospital in Hiroshima, Japan. To his sadness, his son was born with abnormality of the skull and needed operation. But even if the operation were a success, he would still remained retarded and autistic. He was very sad and thought it better not to have a child like this at all. He was hoping in secret that the operation would be a failure, so put everything to an end.
He spoke to the hospital director about his thought and feeling. The director tried to counsel him with his own experience. He told him that this hospital was built with the mission of treating patients who were harmed by the atomic bomb and its radiation. The kindest doctors from all around Japan were called to serve here. Even though some doctors themselves were suffering from effects of the atomic radiation, they all continued to serve the patients with love and care. However not long after, a strange situation arose. More doctors than patients were committing suicide. When some of the doctors saw that they were unable to cure the patients, they blamed themselves for being incapable and committed suicide.
When there was a lack of acceptance and flexibility in the heart, even the professional doctors cannot live on. The director told Kenzaburo Oe to accept his son’s disability and who could tell the child might in future displayed special gifts.
Touched by the director’s sharing, Kenzaburo Oe accepted that his son, Hikari Oe, is retarded and autistic. He recorded many sounds from nature and played them for him to listen. Having listened to nature’s beautiful music since young, Hikari Oe grew up becoming a well-known classical music composer. He has composed music that can treat insomnia, helping people to sleep. It was a hit in Japan.
Later, Kenzaburo Oe won the Nobel Prize in Literature. At the ceremony, he gave a brief account of his son’s story and said with a sense of humor, ‘If you are unable to sleep, buy my son’s CD. And if still unable to sleep, buy my novels to read. You sure can sleep this time.’ An accepting heart usually brings about an unexpected result.
