A man came up to me one day. He was a clerk in a government office. He earned enough to be able to live a comfortable life, but he always appeared to be in need.
"What do you do with your salary?" I asked him.
"I spend only half of it," he said, "the remaining half I save for the rainy days."
"What may that be?'
And he said, "Who knows? Life is so uncertain. I may meet with an accident and be disabled for life. I may fall seriously ill and become unfit for work for a long time. Who, then, will take care of me?"
And I said, "One there is, who will take care of you!"
“Who?" he asked. "I can think of none."
And I said, "He who is the Father-Mother of us all! He feeds the bird in the tree and the fish in the depths of the sea. Will He not feed His own? He provides for the weak and the tiny insect. Will He forsake those who trust in Him?"
When we lay our trust outside God, we bind ourselves to a life of ceaseless struggle. And struggle means uncertainty; struggle means anxiety and worry. We are tossed hither and thither like a storm-beaten boat, knowing not whither we move. All our time is spent in providing for some untoward happening, which need not occur at all. All our time is spent in making preparations for living so that we really never live at all. Little wonder if our lives are bereft of the joy of living.
There is a ladder up which each one of us can climb and reach the holy height where shines and shines and ever shines the white Light of Eternity. It is the ladder of faith; it is the ladder of trust. Believe in God! Trust in Him completely. Know that He will always do the very best for you. Therefore, cooperate with His will. Become a willing instrument in the hands of God.
Dada J P Vaswani was a humanitarian, philosopher, educator, acclaimed writer, powerful orator, messiah of ahimsa, and non-sectarian spiritual leader.
