Friday, October 19, 2012

Bare necessities…

As I set my foot towards my home from my work place, a few days back, my mind was a confused lot. I was greeted by a cloudy sky outside. It was about to rain. Things like- 'should I do or shouldn't I', 'is this right or that', 'speak or remain silent', 'who's mine, who's not', 'should I share with someone or not'... and what not. A mess. It is in the nature of Mind to remain confused and unclear and worry.

I had walked a few furlongs, and then a few lines of a poem I had read long back flashed. Here it goes-

Look for the bare necessities
The simple bare necessities
Forget about your worries and your strife
I mean the bare necessities
Old Mother Nature's recipes
That brings the bare necessities of life
The bare necessities of life will come to you...

The assuring line of 'Bare necessities of life will come to you' brought whiff of relaxed air into my heart. I think we have all had experience of something taken care when we were not conscious about it. I have had many such experiences- a case in point is I never look through rear view when I drive, but somehow I never met with anything untoward or another case is that I joined a decent workplace without actually preparing for it... somehow it is taken care of. You can call it the power of God, if you want to.

It reassured the futility of worrying and behaving as if I am in control of all things. In actuality I am not in control of anything. How relaxing is this fact. I playfully call it -"Chennakeshava eno ond madtane" (Chennakeshava will do something about it).

Felt these words will sooth an aching heart.