Fiction - Moral based short story ... ----------------------------------- Yesterday, I met God and God was pleased to grant me a wish. As any normal person would ask, I too asked for the most common thing, almost at top on anyones mind - money. And HE granted the wish. Lo ! Behold joyous I was .... I went around exclaiming that I have got everything... I have treasure of infinite money. All friends & relatives could not believe my encounter with God. I started buying all the luxuries one by one .... And virtually did nothing tangible to earn the free flow of money. I was in seventh heaven. I shifted to posh locality, drove best of cars ...series of them...owned yacht, owned island, booked tickets for space ride, wined & dined in posh hotels, wore designer clothes, sported jewellery watches, etc etc.... I became engrossed in I, Me, Myself.....Nature changed. Arrogance pervaded in conduct. Pride became constant companion, greed to have more & more of better than best ruled mind, so on so forth. I stopped praying and almost forgot about the encounter with God and HIS grant of wish. I stopped going to Orphanage, doing charity, other social activity as I thought its not necessary and all these activities are done to earn reciprocal blessings only. I have been already granted blessings by HIM. I almost mocked at the people waiting at bus stands, manual labourers doing petty jobs, poor people, handicapped beggars, etc This continued for few days ..... After few days .... I started losing the euphoria after few days. The personal effects and the objects no more appealed me. I became dull with practically no work. My nature went for a toss. People around started finding my behavior strange. Friends stopped coming. Relatives started avoiding. The world around crumbled. One day I was sitting forlorn at the deck of my yacht. was gazing at stars. In a way striking a conversation with infinite stars high above adorning the sky. So many stars so many destiny makers....where was mine ? Why it was not bestowing joy like it was benevolent to grant the wish for unlimited money? Or were the stars different for money and joy. Which God I had met ? Why the God did not reveal HIS identity? Why HE did not warn that money will not be able to buy joy? So many questions as if God had a new something wrong. While I was having monologue, to my surprise, I found God standing dead in front of me. This time I was guarded. I did not initiate conversation. God smiled and said, you seem to be angry with me Yes, very much, I murmured like a sulking child. I was damn happy before I met you, I complained. You granted me wish because of my good deeds. I thought it was a reward but it turned out to be horrible punishment God smiled....paused and waited patiently for him to vent out pent up feelings. I lost all friends, relatives and am left with inanimate objects who do not talk, laugh, cry with me God with continuing smile said, son you only did one thing wrong Surprisingly, I asked wrong ? Yes, HE confirmed. I started intersecting in fast rewind mode. Could not find any moment where I had hurt or did something immoral or cheated somebody. I was so immersed in myself that I hardly interacted much with others, so question of any wrongdoing to others did not exist. With bit of mustered Confidence, I replied, I have not done anything wrong. There could be some error of judgment on your part. Please rectify. Gods smile transformed into a serious look, scaring me stiff. I wondered what it is that he would reveal ? Like a fearing child, I managed to whisper ....what is it ? God said, listen carefully, I am not going to repeat it. So be at full attention. When, I gave you unlimited financial boon, you used it all to raise your standard of LIVING. You did not raise your standard of GIVING With completion of sentence, and before it could sink or could confirm/negate, God vanished in thin air. Deeply shaken, I cursed myself. The treasure was unlimited. I could have easily shared with others without fear of depleting. Pride dominated and I stopped praying, respecting poor people, taking cognisance of pain of others etc . Had i not allowed Pride & Ego to master my mind, i would have continued as normal human being, more caring through more social service and charity work, more spiritual as no efforts were needed to chase materialistic objects, more loving as I could have helped many through medical assistance, study sponsorship, etc. Wealth was not an issue and same wealth could have enabled me to be a better human being.... Yes, I messed up...I am waiting for God to reappear - not to ask for a wish again, but this time to say sorry !!! --------------------------------------- © Hitendra Mehta Short stories Soft Thorns & Hard Roses
Posted on: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 09:31:44 +0000
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