Sunday, April 27, 2008

God - My mind's walking stick

You see an old man who weilds a walking stick and walks briskly in the park with his head held high. You see a physically challenged person using a crutch and crossing the road without anybody's help. What do you feel?
Is it sympathy? Is it respect? The old man would have probably made me smile and then look at him with respect. The challenged man would have made me feel initially sad and then looking at his independence, I would have felt lot of respect.
Both these people are talking support - Does that make them inferior in any way? I hope not. If they don't look inferior, why should a man who is emotionally challenged taking support considered inferior. If I get really tired of the trials of my life, I look for a shoulder to rest. So, does that make me weak. They say everybody falls and what is important is how you pick yourselves up. Now after a fall picking up is not always easy. If a friend pulls me up to feet, does he look at me as weak. If others think that I am weak because of this, do I have to really care?
If all this is fine, and if I use god in any of these forms, what is wrong with that? Narayana, can you answer me.