Saturday, September 26, 2009

The Obstacles on the Sidelines

We were going to Gurudwara yesterday and Aarushi would want to walk all the way from home to the Gurudwara.

While walking, she noticed that there was a patchy pavement on the side of the road. It was a challenge for her to walk on that pavement. It was made at different levels and was also fraught with pits and was dirty.

She enjoyed the challenge of walking on the ups and downs... We would guide her away from the pits, but she was happy that she was going up and down and exercising herself... She would squeak with excitement at every change of level she would successfully manage...

I realized that sometimes we also do it the same way... The road to our destination may be straight, but we enjoy the ups and downs life offers... We are happy about just managing those obstacles, while on the road there would have been a smooth walk...

We are not aware that we can get hurt... We are upset and cry loud when that happens, but we should realize, that if we focus on the final destination and walk on the path that God has built for us, we will face lesser obstacles...

The path will be smooth if we focus on the final destination... Little distractions and challenges may come on the sidelines, its our free will to either enjoy the ups and downs associated with them OR reach God faster... He has no problems in waiting :-)

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