It’s not the end.

I was trying to seek God. Asking Him for comfort and guidance. This is what He revealed to me today.

A LITTLE PARABLE OF LIFE 

There lived a poor old man. This man had nothing in the world to look forward to except his only son who he loved with all his heart. To make his son happy the poor old man bought a pony on his son’s 15th birthday with whatever meager savings he had. Excited beyond belief his son went off for a ride on the pony only to fall off and break his legs on the very first day. Now, this poor old man who had nothing in the world but his son was devastated. He cursed God, cried and coudn’t believe his misfortune. Here, he saved up all these years, to buy his son this pony and now it’s the cause of his broken legs. The next day however, things changed when the king’s army came to take away all the young men of the village to the war. All but his son since his legs were broken. Now the old man was ecstatic as he understood that the broken leg was actually a blessing from God. He thanked God profusely and prayed and asked forgiveness. That night, as the boy was playing inside the little hut they lived in, he accidentally put the house on fire and the whole thing burned down. Luckily, the old man and the son were able to escape right before the house collapsed with everything in it. Now the old man, who had nothing at all didn’t even have a roof over his head and was forced to sleep under the stars in the cold. He was angry and sad and heartbroken at this sudden bad luck and he kept screaming at God “Are yopu happy now? I don’t even have a place to sleep.” The next morning, as they were trying to dig through the rubble to see if anything survived the fire, his son accidentally hit upon a chest full of treasure buried right underneath their little hut in which they lived all their lives. Now the poor man, who had nothing in the world was suddenly the richest man in the village. And the story goes on..

So what is the morale of this little story?

The morale is that we do not see the interconnection between past and future. We do not see how all things are interrelated. We do not understand what good luck is and what bad luck is. We do not know what the future holds. 

Be open to all possibilities at every moment.

What does that mean?

It means seeing God at everything, at everyone. 

It means seeing the perfection in every moment regardless of the context. 

It is seeing perfection without judging anything at all.

It is recognizing that every moment you are looking at God.

It is remembering that God has many faces.

It is remembering that God manifests in the 10,000 things. 

In the most difficult times of your life, remember that sometimes the boy needs to break his legs not to go to the war. Sometimes the house needs to burn down only to find the treasure buried underneath. And  in the night when you have to sleep under the stars, do not be afraid, do not lose hope.Know beyond this shadow of doubt, that you are being guided towards something much greater. That each difficulty in life carries within it the seed of a greater opportunity.That in the end it is all good, if it’s not, it’s not the end. 

God in 10,00 things - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upumh3zgets&NR=1