Aneel aranha biography of abraham

A young man who worked in his father’s shop caught an employee stealing. He went to his father, told him the story, and asked: “What should we do with the fellow?”

“Give him a raise,” his father replied.

“A raise?” his son asked in astonishment.

“If he was stealing, it means he’s not earning enough,” the father explained.

I am sure that you were expecting the thief to be punished, not rewarded, for stealing, just as the young son in the story undoubtedly was. But the father’s sensitivity to the situation, and his understanding of how it should be handled (although not applicable in every case of theft) indicates that there are others ways of looking at things. He saw an employee who was good at his job, but struggling to make ends meet, and saw a way of retaining his services while assuring more loyalty and honesty from him in the future.

I am also sure that you are now wondering what this little anecdote has to do with the parable we are looking at. Little, really, except to