On thanking God!

Me, My Guru - On thanking God!

“Yesterday I met my childhood friend who is having problem conceiving. We talked for about 4-5 hours yesterday. All she talked about was the various medicines she had taken and their side-effects. All the taunts she and her husband had to listen to. The financial drain, physical and emotional trauma! She also shared her medical procedures. All I could do was being with her and cry along with her. I cried seeing her pain. Imagine how much she must’ve suffered all these years?”

Being shaken that was Priya who had come. I didn’t bother much as such complaints were common here. But what she said later shook most of us for sure from all our slumber.

“Guruji, I didn’t come to cry or ask any question or favour today. Maybe, it is first time it is so! I’ve come ONLY to thank GOD so I came today. You may think I am being and behaving in an odd way. In my friend’s pain I’ve found my joy and peace. But I couldn’t stop myself from being grateful for my son. All these years I was always complaining about small issues in life. This didn’t happen, that didn’t happen etc etc. But today I realized I wasn’t being grateful for what He gave – unasked and effortlessly. I had called Him names, abused Him for not giving me what I sought. I had asked for something that I longed for the past 3-4 years. And yet His Blessing was right in front of me and I never thanked Him for that! I want to thank Him.

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related reads : 

https://kantipadam.blogspot.com/search?q=tree (This link also answers on why we worry and what attitude causes it and what should be done to stop worrying)

#gratitude, God, receiving and giving, blessing, curse, Prayers answered and unanswered, self analysis, looking within