Lets stop misusing God's gifts

 Ask a blind person what he would give to be able to enjoy the beauty of nature,

Ask a deaf person what he would give to be able to enjoy melodious music,

Ask a mute person what he would give to be able to sing a song,

Yet the one who has the gift of vision chooses to 'see' the wrong in others,

Yet the one who can hear enjoys listening to gossip and others' misery,

Yet the one who can speak chooses to speak with anger and ill of others,

Is this not insulting God's blessings on us ?

Soil and Concrete

When rain pours from the sky, it is not partial to any surface on which it falls. It falls on a concrete road and it also falls on a field. The water that falls on the road slides away to the nearby drain. The water that falls on the field gets absorbed and helps give birth to plants and trees.

The water is the same. The difference is in the surface. Concrete is hard. Soil is soft. Concrete remains barren. Soil gives birth to greenery. 

Life presents us with a similar choice. If we choose to keep our heart soft as soil and fertilize it with humility, kindness and compassion, the water of love shall give birth to happiness, peace and prosperity. If we choose to harden it with concrete layers of anger and ego, it shall remain barren and lonely. Choice is ours.

-Manan