Somehow, I feel that God has been made a complex and complicated being, who has a super ego and who can be reached through elaborate rituals that have to be done just the right way. I always wonder if God is for us how could he alienate himself so much from us. What made him so big and so far from us who has to be accessed through pilgrimages, fastings and elaborate rituals. It's not that I don't observe rituals, but I try to keep them as simple as I can, because ultimately God is there for us and he appreciates my condition more than anyone else.
Whenever I see my girls laughing and playing I could hear the laughter of God in their smiles. When I held them for the first time, I felt I was somewhat near to God, because I created a life. And the task of bringing up children has humbled me. Each time I say them something or do something, which I ought not be doing I realise that by my actions I am shaping their world, their impressions about life which they will carry always.
I always felt that a little bit of God is there in all of us and when we do a kind act we feed that God which is there in us. That kind act can manifest in a whole lot of ways: saying a kind word, offering food to your part time help, knowing what's happening in the life of your presswala, sharing a smile with street children and at times praying for someone who desperately needs a good wish.
Many a time when I see the disparity of life I get very upset. When I see that a young girl has to bathe on a street tap I feel her basic right to privacy while having ablutions is being violated, and at that moment I send a tiny prayer to my God to uplift her conditions. I have learned that when I can't help someone at least I should pray for her condition.
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