WE CRY TWICE IN OUR LIFE

Hi friends,

Shakespeare said, "all the world is a stage and all the men and women are players". It is very true. We all know about life. I am not writing anything new. It is old wine in a new bottle. It may enlighten someone not matured enough to understand the intricacies of life. Human life is divided into 7 stages.

CHILDHOOD: We are born crying into this world. We are as fresh as a flower. We do not have any desires, vices, etc. We are always under the love and care of our mother.  We know only love and nothing else. We are taught by our elders according to their knowledge, belief, and exposure and we follow it.

ADULTHOOD:  This is the time we learn both good and bad. We become matured. We make decisions according to our KARMA. It is believed, unfulfilled desires of the previous births take a predominant role in the formation of the character of a person. Accordingly, we develop into a good or bad human being.

HUSBAND/WIFE: At the proper age we are married. We get a spouse. It is believed that marriage is an important event in one's life as otherwise there will be no direction in life. It will become just like a boat caught in a whirlpool. Only after marriage, life becomes purposeful.

PARENT: We get our child. We become a father or mother. We become more responsible. Now we understand our parents. We think about how much they would have suffered to bring us up. We develop a lot of love for our child. We live the rest of our life to bring up the child.

GRANDPARENT: Until we are 60, till our retirement, we work hard for our family. We educate the children, construct a house, save money for us and for their future,  we get them married. We get the grandchildren through them and we feel our life is fulfilled.

OLD AGE:  Slowly we become old and start withering. We lose our physical strength, teeth, vision, hearing and get various diseases. We are not able to live independently. We long for love and care from our children but they are busy. Realization of God comes to us now.

GODLINESS: Realization leads to renunciation. We lose all interest in life and develop Bhakti towards Lord. We visit temples and pray for our salvation. We shed our ego and pride and surrender before the Lord. Once again, we become like a child crying for our peaceful death. MAY GOD BLESS US.