When the Lord Holds Your Hand
Those who reflect on flow of events through life would not
have failed to notice that there are times when we set out to do something and
we face hurdles and obstacles all the way through, while there are other times
when everything goes smoothly. These last are the times when the universe
cooperates and assists, when we make the right choices and there is confidence
in our heart that all is well. These last are the times when the Lord is
holding our hands and leading us to experience what is in keeping with our
karma. It is our reward, opportunity, education and experience to push us along
in our endless journey through the universe.
The times when we face obstacles and difficulties in
whatever it is that we have set out to do may not be in accordance with our
destiny and there is a chance that despite pain and effort we undertake the
result will be less than satisfying. Wise persons must always stop to reflect
if they should give up that undertaking or change plans in another direction.
This does not mean that we should avoid struggles and intense effort in life,
when required to do so, for much that is beautiful in life comes from intense
effort. What needs to be done is to evaluate if along the way of such difficult
tasks we have a feeling of satisfaction, that the effort, albeit hard, is
joyous and that the undertaking does not involve compromising our ethical and
good human values, for that would led to more bad karma for future.
Proceeding thus, life becomes a far more joyous journey then
it is possible otherwise and leaves one smiling and singing through much of
life rather than sobbing and sulking through it. It is also important to
realize that both hardships and good times have limited life. They disappear
when that karma is exhausted. Thus hardships shall pass and we need to be
patient through them and use that as an opportunity to learn about life; to
become wiser and more evolved. Even when faced with gravest of difficulties we
need to remind ourselves that we shall not live forever and even this life
shall pass soon.
The good times shall
pass too. In this latter case wise souls enjoy that reward, thank the Lord for
that good time while it is on and when it has ended they wait for more
delightful adventures in their journey through life and beyond. Yet there are
foolish childish souls that kick and scream as they are dragged away from their
good experience when it has come to an end (that includes most of us : ); even worse they end up doing a lot
of wrong things in order to preserve some or all of their advantages or
protect from perceived loss. This last results in a huge amount of bad karma for their
future. Many political leaders in Africa and
some elsewhere are classic and most visible examples of this to the world at
large when their elected terms of leadership has come to an end
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