PROBLEMS ARE BLESSINGS – STORY
Sri Krishna and Arjuna once were guests of a woman who had lost her husband.
She had no children and She was all alone.
But she had a cow.
This cow was her only means of support.
She used to sell milk, and by selling milk she used to maintain her life.
She was a great devotee of Sri Krishna. When Sri Krishna and Arjuna went to visit her in disguise, incognito, she was so happy to see these two divine guests.
She fed them with whatever she had in her house.
Sri Krishna was extremely pleased with her surrendering attitude and her devotion.
On their way back, Arjuna said to Krishna: “You were so pleased with her. Why didn’t you grant her a boon? Why didn’t you tell her that she would be prosperous soon, now that you are pleased with her?”
Krishna said:
“I have already granted her the boon that her cow must die tomorrow.”
“What? Her only means of support? She has only the cow, and nothing else. Without the cow how can she live on earth?”
Krishna answered:
“You don’t understand me. She always thinks of the cow. The cow has to be fed, has to milked, has to be bathed and so forth. I want her only to think of me, and when the cow is gone, she will think of me all the time, twenty four hours. Then soon the time will be possible for me to take her away from this world, and after a few years I will give her a better and more fulfilling incarnation. When she has nobody on earth, not even the cow, she will try and spend all her time, day and night, in devoting herself to me. Otherwise, this way she will linger on earth and constantly think of the cow and not of me.”
MORAL:
Sometimes when we are in utter difficulty, the Grace of God acts in a very peculiar way. We feel that God becomes more cruel when we are in difficulties and sufferings.
But very few people realize our problems and sufferings are actually a blessing in disguise in developing more detachment from the world and attaching ourselves more towards a spiritual life and God. Until your heart has been broken to the things of this materialistic world, you can’t open your heart into the higher world.
This does not mean that you have to purposely try to get your heart broken or seek trials after trials and disasters, so that you can grow stronger from them. No. The world is very good at creating just the right challenges for you.
Yet, isn’t it amazing how even the most intensely difficult things in your life somehow fall just right within the threshold of what you can bear or less painful than you had imagined?
You may sometimes think your troubles are unbearable, but most likely, you come to a time when things get better.
Everyone goes through these ups and downs of life, although the outward details and intensities change from person to person.
Learn to see troubles with a positive eye. It can be said that you choose your challenges, or that God chooses them carefully for you so that your mind and limited self concepts are shaken just enough — but not too much — and with rests in between.
Please Chant:
Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama Hare Hare.
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