Allah-O-Akbar

My colleague was shocked to find a ten day old baby boy wailing at her doorstep this Sunday evening. Clearly, its mother had left it there to rot fearing social stigma that would otherwise have been her fate.

The fact is that God blinked when the unfortunate baby was born to this world, with no one to call its own. Oh! why do You perpetrate such misery to your people Lord? Why do You still punish us for the original sin to this day? Why do You condemn us to live in apalling conditions all our wretched lives? Why do You keep us wanting and hurtful? Why do You terrorize us in order to make us tread your path? Why do You rather not shower compassion on your beings? Why do You not realize the role that love can play vis-a-vie hurt? Why do You not realize that spreading hurt can only do just that - spread more hurt and inturn sully your own heavenly cause?

Almost as an answer, God spoke through Sadhu Vaswani in today's edition of 'The Times of India'. He says: "On the pathways of life, we face different types of weather including stormy and smooth, wild and mild. We come face-to-face with difficulty and danger, disease and death. We feel frightened. If only we cultivate the faith that such experiences come to us not without a purpose, we need not be afraid. Seek refuge in the Supreme and trust Him entirely. Though storms howl and darkness grows deeper, His light will continue to shine on us. When fear knocks on the door of your heart, send faith to open it and you will be free from distress. God loves each one of us and has a plan for each one. He will provide for all our needs."