Its all in the name

She hurriedly prepared all his favourite dishes. She finally made his favourite cold coffee and set the table for dinner in as best way she could. She switched the channel to his favourite one and she got dressed in the dress he always loved.

Time seemed to drag as she kept waiting. In a couple of hours he was in. He was surprised to see her awake. "What happened dear? I sent you a msg that I will be late and you are an early bird. Why did you stay awake this long?" He asked her.

She came to him and hugged him and said, " I thought you had a bit bad day at office and you are stressed. I thought all your favourite things and me will cheer you up. "

He was surprised. He had never even spilled a word about a bad day or a stressful event. But that had been true. He asked her how she came to know about it. She took her phone and showed the message she had received from him.

It read ," I will be late today. Dont wait for me. Love you lots". He couldn't nail the reason. He looked with a puzzled expression. She smiled and said , " There is no ammu in the message which means you are not your usual self. "

In the dim lit walkway they both could feel stress walking away from them. 

The Eyes

He went to get his eyes checked for that month. He is 80 and was advised regular health checkups to follow on his health. He never cared about his appointments for the checkup except for his eye. He never missed even one appointment.

He used to wear glasses. Other than that he never had any issue with his eyes. But still he cared his eyes like anything.  "There is nothing to worry about your eyes. They are perfectly fine sir." The doctor gave his verdict.

He went to his house and carefully placed that months medical report along with others and went to his room. "See I am keeping my promise. There is nothing to worry about my eyes." He told her who smiled as usual. "The doctor just gave me an eye drop in case of any irritation. Other than that it's fine." She never replied as usual.

He was chattering and was doing something when he suddenly looked at her. There was a flower on her. He screamed his lungs off. The Maid came running. "How many times have I told you not to put any garland on her portrait? She is still alive to me and will always be to me. Now remove all that." He yelled. The maid obliged.

He came near her and her sweet voice echoed in his heart, " I will always be around. I live in this eyes of yours all the time. No one can take me away from there." And kissed his eyes for the last time on her death bed.

Drops of tears poured but he wiped them off immediately and picked up his mobile phone to ring the people to schedule his next eye check up appointment.

Treasure from the Lent : WISDOM

Wisdom - Quality of having good Knowledge and Judgement

 All the lessons learnt in this lent season is to make us wise in all our judgements and decisions and move us one step closer to God. Any Lesson learnt will be useful only when it's impact is felt in real life.

It's our duty to make an impact of all our learnings to mark our steps in this world. Being wise is now a choice left to us. Let's not make any hasty decisions. Practically there is no happily ever after.

Life is full of hurdles. God will never fully remove all the hurdles from our path. He will show us a way to handle them to make us even more wiser and stronger. We should have regular communication with him through prayers to seek his help to face any problem.

Throw away all the controversies that surround Him. He was born as a human. He had a mother, father and relatives. Personally don't care if he had a spouse too. There cannot be any man as noble as Him.  Trust in the finest Gentleman who ever walked on this earth. We can proudly say He is our Heavenly Father.

Thanks a lot for all your support to have stayed with me in this lent season and read all that I could share.

WISHING ALL OF YOU A VERY HAPPY EASTER. 

Lent Lesson 45: VIRTUE

Virtue -  Behavior showing high moral standards

He never cared about his looks or attire. He was always focused on doing all the good things he can in his time. His neighbor was just the opposite. He was always into hoarding wealth and advertising it.

This went on for quite some time. His popularity grew while his neighbors declined. His neighbor started to feel jealous and started concentrating on more ways to show off his wealth. He spent so much time to select his clothes and accessories carefully which would speak of his wealth.

Still many did not respect him. He wanted to know the reason and asked someone about it. The person looked at him and said,  "While you were busy trying to show off he was busy being virtuous. His virtue is so huge that your wealth looks meagre in front of it. Maybe that's why he is better loved than you."

Virtue is not just a lesson. It's the way of life God has given. God has lived His life in such a way that it's an example for everyone to follow. Today as He is laid in the grave He has fulfilled His promise of redeeming each and every one of us from all our sins. We should be ready to resurrect with Him from our unworthy ways to lead a virtuous life.

Lent Lesson 44: TRUTHFULNESS

Truthfulness - Being true and honest in all dealings and making it a practice in day to day life.

She came home tired and sleepy. She was about to relax in her cosy chair when she felt something amiss. Her favorite vase was missing from its usual place. She was enquiring about it to her husband when her toddler came running and said, "I broke it Mummy. It fell into bits."

She was about to lose her temper when he came on her lap and hugged her tightly and said, "it's good I told you the truth now. You will not be angry on me as you told me speaking truth will never bring me harm. "

She was so moved by the innocent confidence of her son that she forgot all her anger and hugged him back. This lesson of truthfulness will linger in both their minds for a very long time.

We can have this same confidence with our Heavenly Father too. He will reward us back the same way when we practice truthfulness as a habit in our lives. Our Savior has given us all that He has promised in our lives ever. His words have never been a lie anytime.

Lent Lesson 43: TOLERANCE

Tolerance - Persistent endurance in an uncomfortable environment.

He got irritated as usual. His superior officer has thrown one more of his tantrum on a simple issue. This happens almost every day. When he is about to start the day on a good note he will receive a mail or a call from the senior officer and he will shout at him asking for explanation on this and that.

He always used to finish his assigned tasks on time and even plan and coordinate his work for the   next day on time. But his senior officer was very hard to please. But every time he was interrogated he always held his cool and never let his temper off. He explained his regard to him properly.

This continued for a long time and he tolerated all his tantrums. He continued his good work and soon he was noted by the owner of his concern. He started observing him closely and found the superior officer mistreating him badly. He immediately changed the senior to some other department.  He was then able to work peacefully and with even more vigor to contribute more to himself and the company.

When Our savior was sentenced to crucifixion,  given crown of thorns and whipped till he bled he tolerated everything to redeem us from sin. We can have one part of His tolerance and await His judgment in our life which is an assured paradise. 

Lent Lesson 42: SINCERITY

Sincerity - Genuine and true to one's own faith

She tried standing up. She couldn't. The fall was a bad one. She hurt her knee and her dress got torn. She composed herself and got up. The pain was unbearable. She was a professor and was going to attend to her class one fine day when she fell down and hurt herself.

She thought of giving up and going back home. Suddenly a thought hit her hard. If she is not sincere today in her duty what example would she set her students to face hardships to get further in life.

She sat down for a minute and breathed deeply. She went to the nearby first aid Centre and got attended to. She went and taught with a great zeal that day. The satisfaction​ of completing her duty sincerely made her forget all her pain.

Our Savior is the same. However we hurt Him,  He is always sincere in His duty of protecting us and setting an example we can never match. We can show Him what we learnt from Him by being sincere in all our actions.