"Everything happens for our own good"

Believe it or not, everything does happen for our own good. Trust is the only thing you need to believe this.
When something goes wrong, it is common to wonder ... why me ! Why did it happen to me ? Why not to him or her. Why not to the person next door. !! But all we need to do is to try to understand "why you".

Let me recite a very popular short story we all would have learnt in our childhood.
The story of the Tiger and the injured boy.

"One day a boy called Ram went to jungle along with his friend Shyam to pick wood for the chimney. His mother said it is going to be cold and they need to bring more sticks for the chimney to keep the house nice and warm and to cook for all of them. But she also asked them not to go very far into the jungle and come back before it is dark.

Ram and Shyam started walking into the jungle . They were excited to see many birds, wild rabbits, deer and many more animals. The boys kept walking on and on deep into the jungle , playing and picking sticks, they didnt realize how far into the jungle they have arrived. Ram had picked too many sticks already. He wanted to pick a few more to please his Mum. While he was trying to pick a few more sticks, he fell over a large stone and hurt his knee . It started to bleed. Ram started crying in pain and started to moan about why "his" leg got injured. A little later the two friends started walking back to home. It was getting dark and cold. Ram and Shyam were a little scared . They could hear scary voices of wild animals. Oh my God .. hiding behind the bushes was a lion. Ram and Shyam were shaking to see a big lion in front of them. The hungry lion would eat 1 of the boys.

So who did the tiger eat ? Ram or Shyam.
The tiger ate Shyam because he would not eat an injured body.! "

Moral of the story....

Everything Happens for our own good.

I truly believe in this saying. So when anything goes wrong in my life, I remind myself of little Johnnys story and that behind this could be something for my good. Most of the times I can realise how worse otherwise it could have been.

Certainly this doesn't mean we shouldn't try to achieve what we want. A failure because we didn't work hard enough cannot be justified by saying "it happened for my good".
If I get up late, miss my train and get late to work , I cannot justify this by saying that "it happened for my good".
Well in some cases it could be !!!!

I still remember on 11 July 2006, when my sister phoned her husband to start a little early from office that evening as a few guests were expected at home . He said he will. And then a little later we all got to see on tv the terrifying news about multiple blasts in the mumbai local trains. My sister literally got frightened as it was the train her husband was supposed to catch. With all mobile networks being blocked, there was no way she could find where he was. Finally , after a few long hours , there he came exhausted , making his way through the gruesome incident. We were relieved to find out that he missed the unfortunate train by a few seconds. Thank God he missed the train for the good.

So when things go wrong , beyond your control, when you couldn't have done anything to avoid it, just believe that it really happened for your own good .

Duvet Day

Stressful life as it is .... full of work, responsibilities, actions, responses, and so on.
There are times when you just feel like doing nothing . I always believe in giving proper rest to my body and mind. A restful mind and a relaxed body are a key to good life.Exercise, massage , outing are some recommended ways of relaxing but for me another good way to relax is a "duvet day"

And today for me it is well deserved "just do nothing Duvet day".

Past few weeks have been very demanding for me. A critical project was running at office, my hubby was off to India and I was on my own in this busy city of London with my cheeky toddler who always likes to keep me on my toes. After a hectic day at office , including a few working weekends too, I had to pick up my son from his childcare, then off to a grocery shop or an icecream parlour as he would ask for it, then to home followed by cooking, feeding him, giving him bath , reading to him and then making him sleep. By the time he slept I was nearly dead tired. But since I was on my own, I had to look at posts regularly, make payments , anything that needed attention etc etc. Sometimes I had to even remote-login into my office desktop and work a few late hours. Overall, it was like a life on my own.

Times like this when you realize how important and helpful your partner is in a routine life. And specially because his absence was prolonged, my son was missing him so much that he fell sick so often. He was getting little difficult to deal with. I had to pay extra attention to him, spend more time playing, take him out and what not.

Last week my project was delivered successfully and a few days ago my hubby has returned too. We all are happy and life is coming back on track. Daddy and son are off to Legoland fun park for a Daddy-son day out and Mum is at home to relax. So here I am under the duvet. No cooking, no working, just doing nothing.
Today's schedule for me is internet timepass browsing, facebook-ing , music and most importantly SLEEPPPPING.

Having a great Duvet Day.