This is a Beautiful story about Buddha.
Gautam Buddha had a disciple who had been a devotee for many years, and one day Buddha asked him, ”Monk, what is your age?”
The monk replied, ”Five.”
Buddha was surprised. ”Five years old? You look at least seventy. What kind of answer is this?” The monk replied, ”I say this because the ray of meditation entered my life five years ago, and only in the last five years has love showered in my life. Before that, my life was like a dream; I existed in sleep. When counting my age I do not consider those years. How can I? My real life only began five years ago. I am only five.” Buddha told all his disciples to note the monk’s answer well.
You should all count your ages in this manner; this is the standard for calculating age. If love and meditation are not yet born in you, your life, up to now, is negated; you are not born yet. But it is never so late that you cannot start trying. We should all strive for a higher life. And for that it is never too late.
