A soul stirring incident which I wanted to share with you all .. 

I am not very sure if this is the exact conversation that took place, I tried to search on google but couldn’t find any excerpts on this. I am just putting across what I remember of this story .. 

The World Parliament of Religions, Chicago, Sept 11, 1893. 

Swami Vivekananda was in Chicago for his ever famous speech on Spirituality on this day. 

An incident took place during his visit .. 

He hadn’t eaten since long time , and because he was pure vegetarian made it more difficult to find a good place to eat. He was strolling on the sideways and sat at a place. A beggar sitting nearby noticed the saintly man and smiled at him. After sometime the beggar noticed that Swami was in deep thought & seemed troubled. Out of courtesy the beggar went near him and asked Swami

Beggar : “ Why do you look confused ? What are you thinking ? “

Swami : “ I haven’t eaten properly since 2-3 days. I am a pure vegetarian and all I get to see is meat for every course .. I am searching for a place where I can be content eating some good food”

 The beggar was taken aback and he replied back to Swami

Beggar : “ Kindly be seated here , Saintly man , I’ll be back in sometime ..”

 The beggar gathered whatever money he had in his cap and sprinted off , in few moments he was not in sight.

 He came back with fresh fruits , vegetables & other eatables ,gave it to Swami and said “ Saintly man, when you go back to India, don’t ever tell your people that you didn’t get to eat , in AMERICA..”

 What’s in your case ?

COUNTRY FIRST OR SELF ??