Sunday, July 02, 2006
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There was lot of commotion in the meeting room. Everyone had gathered for the regular weekly status meeting and was eagerly waiting for the Master. A few minutes later the Master entered the room, strode to the end and took his customary seat. Everyone bowed to the master and took their respective seats. After exchanging a few pleasantries the Master spoke.

Dear Angels. My blessings to all of you. I am sorry for keeping you all waiting. Let’s not waste any more time. How was last week?"

 

The Chief of the angels responsible for the galaxy “Paal Corridor” stood and read his report. “Dear Lord. My humble pranams. With your blessings everything in galaxy “Paal Corridor” is good. Everyone is happy.”

 

The Master was pleased to hear this.

 

Next the chief of galaxy “Chocolaty Path” read his report. The master was pleased with his report as well since everything was good in "Chocolaty Path".

 

Every chief took their turns and presented the report to the Master. Finally the chief of “Milky way” galaxy stood to read his report.

 

Dear Lord. My pranams. Last week there were 1,27,36,43,790 births and 87,95,743 deaths. There were 4 new life forms. Everything is good in milky way except….”

 

Except what? Go on..Don't hesitate.

 

Dear Lord. As you might know, Last week there was unusual number of requests coming in from the humans from the planet Earth. There were around 80 million people praying that Germany should win the soccer match. At the same time 30 million people were praying that Argentina should win the match. The trend even continued the next day. 50 million requests for an England victory and 10 million for Portugal. How did you manage that?”

 

Dear Angel. I am not biased and I do not show any favoritism towards any team.” He continued

 

Soccer is a game invented by humans. The players and audience should enjoy the game and not be bothered about the result. The same team which wins this time might lose the next time. These games only make a player strong. Even life is similar to the game. They should be enjoying the game and should not worry about the result. In real life humans make mistakes, there will be foul play and they will be pushed to corners, they will have to pay for the penalties, they will be substituted but the play has to go on and the aim should be towards the goal. The best team and the better players will definetely win.”

 

 

OK. Now tell me what happened after the game?”

 

"Dear Lord. Many of them from the losing team felt that you have cheated them. Some of them have started arguing that there is no God."

 

The Lord was not surprised. “What happened to people from the winning team? Did they thank me for responding to their prayers?”

 

Dear Lord. That’s the sad story. Only the few regulars thanked you.

 

When something goes wrong, Humans always blame God but when everything goes fine they think it was done only by their effort. They forget me. It’s not easy being God. It’s a thankless job. Anyway next week it’s going to be very busy with the semi finals and final match. So be prepared to handle the requests”.

 

The master stood up signaling the end of the meeting and walked away with his usual grace.

Monday, July 03, 2006 10:28:19 PM (India Standard Time, UTC+05:30)
very true..chinna vishyathukku kadavula nondi periya vishyatha kottta vittudurom!
Tuesday, July 04, 2006 10:56:16 AM (India Standard Time, UTC+05:30)
Shuba - Chinna vishayama periya vishayama is not the question. When things go wrong we blame God but when everything goes fine we take the credit, however small or big the issue is. That's the point I was trying to convey in the story. :-)
Wednesday, July 05, 2006 5:21:52 PM (India Standard Time, UTC+05:30)
Hi Karthik, First off all thanks for your introducing in my blog:) When i read the first para i thought you have writen about your office meeting, but the meeting is in God's court. I agree, if we lost some thing, we get angry on god. Praying god is just a streanth for us, if we keep quite that god will see evey thing, its eyeclose hope.
Thursday, July 06, 2006 4:49:20 PM (India Standard Time, UTC+05:30)
Jeevan - Welcome. What u said is right. We get angry if we lose something, but don't thank him if we gain.
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