Our own give us happiness and grief.
From the first of June, 2018, I started writing Good Morning messages in the form of poems (Please read: ‘Good Morning Message #1‘).
The last such message was: ‘Good Morning Message #103‘.
Good morning Friends,
Have you thought of what is harder in life,
Strangers becoming dear or other way round?
If we are, say, father and son, husband and wife,
It is certainly harder to lose the love we’ve found.
Sense of ownership gives us the biggest glee,
It also gives us, at loss, the greatest grief;
None of us from this emotion can be free,
Not to own things and people is beyond belief.
In holy books mamta is the word that is used,
To describe all worldly or material attachments;
The entire humanity is seen to be confused,
As to how to practise religious detachments.
How should we clear this muddle in our mind?
When agitated, how can we hope to stand still?
There is only one way to put all the grief behind,
That’s to think of everything as God’s Will.
We must remember that all we think we own,
Has been given temporarily by our God;
Before we permanently rejoice or bemoan,
It is our own thinking, not His, that is flawed.
Next time you go to a temple and proudly give,
A large sum of money or goodies as charity;
Remember it’s loaned to us by Him until we live,
It’s owner is always Him, now and for all posterity.
Knowing it was God’s gives us peace.
