Just when you think that nothing is happening as per your
desire things change their course and start falling exactly beyond the
expectations that you own. Whether you would like to attribute this fortune to
luck or randomness or uncertainty as per Nicholas Nassim Taleb or to favourable
environmental conditions as per Malcolm Godwell’s Outliers it’s up to you. All
those efforts which just feel like are going in vain, all of a sudden start
yielding results out of nowhere. Being a theist I would definitely love to
attribute this extravaganza of unexpected positive circumstances to the grace
of God. Hence I repeat, “Oh my God! Tussi great ho!” (Oh! my God, you’re
great!)
I remember a story which I had heard almost 2 years ago. As
per Hindu mythology Lord Shiva and his wife Parvati are considered to be the divine
deities of humans. As Lord Shiva observed that on earth many had lost respect
for God and had been ignoring the value systems it was leading to huge chaos
and a lot of misery for the followers of the Lord. Hence Shiva decided to teach
a lesson to these ungrateful humans who had forgotten His existence. As a
punishment, He stopped showering rain on earth. After about 6 months, Lord
Shiva and Goddess Parvati decided to travel around the earth in disguise to
find out if the humans had learnt a lesson or not. There was huge famine on the
face of earth and everyone was struggling for food. They were chanting prayers in
the name of the Lord and conducted many sacrifices to please Him. Lord Shiva
and his wife were happy to see that their plan had clicked. A few steps ahead
they met an old man who had been ploughing his land. Lord Shiva was
wonderstruck as he heard from other people that this old man had been doing so
everyday despite the occurrence or absence of rainfall.
Goddess Parvati was puzzled and Lord Shiva asked the old man
as to why he was doing so. The old man replied, “Oh my Lord, ploughing is my
job and if I don’t do it regularly, I will forget it. Showering rain is Lord
Shiva’s job about which I needn’t worry.” Lord Shiva realised that he had
almost forgotten how to shower rain and immediately recollected his power to
shower rain on the earth so that he wouldn’t forget it completely. The old
man’s perseverance and daily practice influenced Lord Shiva to shower his blessings
on the living beings on earth. Likewise, even in our daily life, some rewards
will be snatched away for some time. All that we need to remember is to keep
our efforts continuous and focus on our work. Anyways God will do his job of
showering the rewards at the right time.
Perfect sir! We shouldn't forget doing our work. Like Lord Krishna says, "Do your work, and not worry about the results" Super cool write up... More respect for this write up comes because you have been following the same! You write every single day whether you get visits, readership, comments or not. What better example!!??
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