A small story from "The God Factor For Success And Contentment". -
There was a farmer, always complaining, “Oh God! What are you doing, you make it rain when there is no need of it for the crops and you make the sun shine at its peak when crops require water and cloudy weather. What is this? You are God but not playing the role of God perfectly, and in all this, I am suffering, my family is suffering. But you are just watching. This is ridiculous! I am not earning the way I should and this is because of you. You never listen to my prayers and that is why my life is becoming a hopeless affair. But, what to do, you are also not listening. Oh God! You are worthless, you are nowhere!
He continued to pray daily like this, and one day he saw God appear right in front of him, in the form of a light. God asked him, “what can I do for you, to make you happy?”
Farmer asked to give him the authority to control the weather of his region, according to his will.
God said, “Okay! From now onwards you’ll be able to control the weather according to your will. You will be able to make it rain, when required and make the sun shine as per your requirement.”
The Godly light disappeared then.
Now the farmer was happy, thinking that the control is now in his hands. So, he became confident of getting a good crop.
Now was the time to harvest. He was happy since the crop was looking quite good. After obtaining wheat grains from the crop he reached the market to sell. But to his surprise, nobody was ready to give the right price for the grains. He asked many buyers but nobody was ready to purchase. Every buyer was rejecting. But, he himself also knew the reason.
The grains were somewhat not having the right growth as it should be.
The farmer was puzzled, he had done everything right. But, why has the grain not grown perfectly? Again he was in the same boat as was before, complaining to God, he said:“you must have played some trick, otherwise how is this possible”.
He was sad, very sad.
The light appeared again and asked the reason for his sadness. The farmer explained the issue and asked an explanation.
God was smiling and he told the farmer, “My son! It is the struggle for life by the crop to grow, to exist, to absorb sunlight, to absorb water that makes the grain to grow to its fullest. You can see this with humans also. The more exercise a man does; the more muscular his body becomes. So, my son! It is struggling in life that makes life fulfilling as a result. Now you can understand life! Life itself is the outcome of the struggle of living beings with nature.”
Now the farmer could understand the very process of life, so he returned the authority to God.
It is the struggle in life, which makes life beautiful; the difficulties, the problems make life alive.
Now farmer started loving everything, every aspect of life. He started understanding, the deepest theory of life; amazing of all theories, that is, the ability to accept and let go, because only then you become able to focus on what you want from life.
And from here I start this new journey, which will make you think once more, when you are frustrated or when you feel low.
The struggle is the key!
There was a farmer, always complaining, “Oh God! What are you doing, you make it rain when there is no need of it for the crops and you make the sun shine at its peak when crops require water and cloudy weather. What is this? You are God but not playing the role of God perfectly, and in all this, I am suffering, my family is suffering. But you are just watching. This is ridiculous! I am not earning the way I should and this is because of you. You never listen to my prayers and that is why my life is becoming a hopeless affair. But, what to do, you are also not listening. Oh God! You are worthless, you are nowhere!
He continued to pray daily like this, and one day he saw God appear right in front of him, in the form of a light. God asked him, “what can I do for you, to make you happy?”
Farmer asked to give him the authority to control the weather of his region, according to his will.
God said, “Okay! From now onwards you’ll be able to control the weather according to your will. You will be able to make it rain, when required and make the sun shine as per your requirement.”
The Godly light disappeared then.
Now the farmer was happy, thinking that the control is now in his hands. So, he became confident of getting a good crop.
Now was the time to harvest. He was happy since the crop was looking quite good. After obtaining wheat grains from the crop he reached the market to sell. But to his surprise, nobody was ready to give the right price for the grains. He asked many buyers but nobody was ready to purchase. Every buyer was rejecting. But, he himself also knew the reason.
The grains were somewhat not having the right growth as it should be.
The farmer was puzzled, he had done everything right. But, why has the grain not grown perfectly? Again he was in the same boat as was before, complaining to God, he said:“you must have played some trick, otherwise how is this possible”.
He was sad, very sad.
The light appeared again and asked the reason for his sadness. The farmer explained the issue and asked an explanation.
God was smiling and he told the farmer, “My son! It is the struggle for life by the crop to grow, to exist, to absorb sunlight, to absorb water that makes the grain to grow to its fullest. You can see this with humans also. The more exercise a man does; the more muscular his body becomes. So, my son! It is struggling in life that makes life fulfilling as a result. Now you can understand life! Life itself is the outcome of the struggle of living beings with nature.”
Now the farmer could understand the very process of life, so he returned the authority to God.
It is the struggle in life, which makes life beautiful; the difficulties, the problems make life alive.
Now farmer started loving everything, every aspect of life. He started understanding, the deepest theory of life; amazing of all theories, that is, the ability to accept and let go, because only then you become able to focus on what you want from life.
And from here I start this new journey, which will make you think once more, when you are frustrated or when you feel low.
The struggle is the key!
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