Humans, Devotees and God
Looking at Humans through the eyes of a God’s devotee: Today I came across a poem by Sarah Rian . She had titled it, Then Death Came: You had a sad death But you are not a sad thing. Your life is important. Your story is more than its sad ending. I’m sorry it often brings more tears than smiles. I promise that you are far from a sad thing. It opened up floodgates of memories and topics that were waiting to be explored in a better light than they have until now. The poem specifically brought alive memories of my dear brother. For my parents, I was the first born. 2 years and 4 months after me they had welcomed my brother Milind. 2 years and 2 months after him they welcomed my sister Minal. I do not recall the arrival of my brother but I vividly remember the day Minal arrived. Ever since that day, we were a family of 5. Never had the faintest inkling that we would become a family of four again before we all had turned old. Saddest part is that it wasn’t one of our parents who ...