[puzobok]

THE PLAN OF THE LORD

Once there was a sweeper in a well known temple and he was very sincere and devoted. Every time he saw thousands of devotees coming to take darshan of the Lord, he thought that the Lord is standing all the time and giving darshan and He must be feeling very tired.

So one day very innocently he asked the Lord whether he can take the place of the Lord for a day so that the Lord can have some relief and rest. The Deity of Temple replied, "I do not mind taking a break. I will transform you like Myself, but you must do one thing. You must just stand here like Me, smile at everyone and just give benedictions.

Do not interfere with anything and do not say anything. Remember you are the deity and you just have faith that I have a master plan for everything." The sweeper agreed to this.

The next day the sweeper took the position of the deity and a rich man came and prayed to the Lord. He offered a nice donation and prayed that his business should be prosperous. While going, the rich man inadvertently left his wallet full of money right there. Now the sweeper in the form of deity could not call him and so he decided to control himself and keep quiet.

Just then a poor man came and he put one coin in the Hundi and said that it was all he could afford and he prayed to the Lord that he should continue to be engaged in the Lord's service. He also said that his family was in dire need of some basic needs but he left it to the good hands of the Lord to give some solution. When he opened his eyes, he saw the wallet left by the rich man. The poor man thanked the Lord for His kindness and took the wallet very innocently. The sweeper in the form of the Deity could not say anything and he had to just keep
smiling.

At that point a sailor walked in. He prayed for his safe journey as he was going on a long trip. Just then the rich man came with the police and said that somebody has stolen his wallet and seeing the sailor there, he asked the police to arrest him thinking that he might have taken it. Now the sweeper in the form of Deity wanted to say that the sailor is not the thief but he could not say so and he became greatly frustrated. The sailor looked at the Lord and asked why he, an innocent person, is being punished. The rich man looked at the Lord and thanked Him for finding the thief. The sweeper in the deity form could no more tolerate and he thought that even if the real Lord had
been here, he would have definitely interfered and hence he started speaking and said that the sailor is not the thief but it was the poor man who took away the wallet. The rich man was very thankful as also the sailor.

In the night, the real Lord came and He asked the sweeper how the day was. The sweeper said, "I thought it would be easy, but now I know that Your days are not easy, but I did one good thing." Then he explained the whole episode to the Lord. The Lord became very upset on hearing this whereas the sweeper thought the Lord would appreciate him for the good deed done.

The Lord asked, "Why did you not just stick to the plan? You had no faith in Me. Do you think that I do not understand the hearts of all those who come here? All the donation which the rich man gave was all stolen money and it is only a fraction of what he really has and he wants Me to reciprocate unlimitedly. The single coin offered by the poor man was the last coin he was having and he gave it to me out of faith. The sailor might not have done anything wrong, but if the sailor were to go in the ship that night he was about to die because of bad weather and instead if he is arrested he would be in the jail and he would have been saved form a greater calamity. The wallet should go to the poor man because he will use it in My service. I was going to reduce the rich man's karma also by doing this and save the sailor also. But you cancelled everything because you thought you know
My plan and you made your own plans."

God has plans and justice for everyone....
We just have to have patience!!!!!

[Acalsenunse]

@saichithari,

Here is the source for this article which you failed to cite.

The Plan Of The Lord | Trawel India Mails

[iH1wMOhE]

@saichithari,

Here is the source for this article which you failed to site.

The Plan Of The Lord | Trawel India Mails

@saichithari
A belated welcome. Your postings are valuable, in fact quite interesting, but, as Rajpriya mentioned, the first thing you need to know is to avoid making a post without citing the original source. Provide a link or web address. Second, summarise the report so that readers get a bird's eye-view of the matter. Anyone interested can use the link you provide to get further details. But, it is imperative that you cite the original source. Otherwise it gives the impression of plagiarism, passing off something as your own when it is not. To put it differently, you must have heard of the famous tamil statement "turkey strutting like a peacock"?

[ugosanchezo]

@saichithari
A belated welcome. Your postings are valuable, in fact quite interesting, but, as Rajpriya mentioned, the first thing you need to know is to avoid making a post without citing the original source. Provide a link or web address. Second, summarise the report so that readers get a bird's eye-view of the matter. Anyone interested can use the link you provide to get further details. But, it is imperative that you cite the original source. Otherwise it gives the impression of plagiarism, passing off something as your own when it is not. To put it differently, you must have heard of the famous tamil statement "turkey strutting like a peacock"?

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@Ramani

Thanks for your clarification on posting articles copied from the Internet. If I remember correctly someone else posted the same article on this forum sometime ago. I think it may have been by T.N.Bala.

There was another one:

"Parenting is no child's play"

I was recently invited to give a presentation at a seminar, organised by a school in Coimbatore, about parenting in the digital age. I am not a qualified child psychologist. Neither can I claim expertise in guiding parents.

My having three children is enough to raise eyebrows. I became a parent when I was 19!

Dharma Raman published this article in the opinion page of Hindu Newspaper on the 25th Feb 2012. But the big mistake of copying this article word for word and posting it on Chennai Forums meant that the person who posted was invited to give a presentation at a seminar organized by a school in Coimbatore about parenting.

Further she became a parent at 19 and has three children made me raise eyebrows. Two people claiming to have done the same thing seems like one them has not read the story at all before posting?

I also corrected a spelling mistake prompted by your message above. Cite and not Site.

Thank you

Rajpriya

[hitaEtela]

Just because the computer gives us the facility to copy and paste, we should not copy matter from one source and paste it in the forum. It is more proper to give the gist of the article or writing and also provide a link to the source.

That said, I really appreciate the God story. Everything in is world is pre-determined. We only have to live our lives as it is given to us.

[Ambrakam]

Nice. General experience is that what destined to happen will happen. We may call it Gods wish, a force or spirit behind. Still we have to aim in any aspect, plan for it and do it so that this gives psychological relief that we did our part, though we fail or miss our mission. This becomes an experience for the next.

Govindan