The Mysterious Riddle of Life

My name is Madhav Gondole . I come from a business family , which by typical standards had its good and bad times. There was a time when I had almonds & dates for breakfast and there was a time when I had to mix my curd with water so that all of us would get a share. My ancestors and parents had withstood the test of time, somehow managing to hold on to their self confidence and composure no matter how colorful and constricting life put them through.  They dealt with it with an indomitable spirit of confidence despite embracing fear. You will be surprised how a few badly put thoughts one after the other can cause a sudden panic attack as your mind plays tricks on you , making you imagine the worst and talk you into a darkness so evil that makes you question all the light you had with you a few moments ago. Moments , is all it takes that determines whether you live or die , especially when the going gets tough. Preparing for a known and predictable challenge requires mere skill and knowledge. But one can never be prepared when the mind becomes the devil's advocate as it lashes at your inners and weighs you down. Just like how I am making you feel heavy with such an uneasy beginning here. But do go on , for you will end on a high.  

I make my bread by doing business with gold , right from mining , transportation , cleaning and exporting it to sellers with meaty tenders.  One of those days, I was returning in my private custom made vehicle that was designed to carry gold ores/extracts with all the dirt and non-valuable filth around it. I personally travel with my team when they hit a good spot, oversee them mine and extract it and then organize it's transit to my godown which is also beside my mansion. As life would have it, we were going through the usual path when a dog came from nowhere and made my driver hit the brakes suddenly. The vehicle with all it's weight couldn't handle the shock and we toppled on a slope like muffins. But thanks to my stars , the last turn of the vehicle was in such a way it landed in its wheels and we escaped with minor concussions as we wore excellent safety belts and had smart cushioning in the jeep. It took a minute for me to realize that we could have almost drowned as our tires had nearly got stuck in the water slush. This is very nearby my property and I never saw a day coming when a harmless place such as that would almost decide If I will live or die. We then vroomed up the slope, got back on the road with shaken hearts as the doors of my godown opened only to hear my workers yell in horror.  The gold extract that was on the back had toppled and fallen into the water body and we didn't even think about that as our own survival dominated our minds during the incident. 

I came to my house went to my altar , closed the door much to the dismay of my family.  I opened my heart which was welled up in tears. I cried at the helplessness of the situation as all my plans of landing a big profit this quarter was gone in seconds with no forewarning. I started shouting and lamenting so much that if god was indeed physically inside that room , he would have drowned in the tears that came out of me that day. I gathered myself after a few hours , came out as my wife came running to me checking if something was physically wrong with me and I told her the incident with great emotional fortitude. She held my hand firmly , we spent the next 30 minutes talking to each other how to get through the situation. When the phone rang. 

It was my auditor. He was literally shouting at the top of his lungs. He told that due to some anonymous tip the IT officials were racing to my place to conduct an impromptu raid and should I have any undeclared assets as of that moment ,I was immediately to be declared a tax defaulter . Considering the amount of money I make, it is not a surprise to expect the crocodiles I work with to plot vile stratagems to get the better off me. But what they don't know is that I am a firm believer in God and He has never let me down. I quickly told my servants to get the receipts almirah ready, which I always had in order for such eventualities. I heard the sirens and soon a very masculine knock on the door made me jump. In little time, I was pinned down to my sofa as the officials went about ruthlessly, heartlessly with a laser eye ransack the place for any questionable items of value.  It was the most painful heart wrenching, disturbing, turbulent 60 minutes of my life. Imagine getting slapped twice when you were expecting a kiss. First my gold extract and then this . Thanks to my strict financial etiquette, the tax officials couldn't find artifacts that threatened my career and they departed with a rude "Thanks for the co-operation". 

I went to bed without having my dinner and constantly prayed to god to make me understand what he was doing to me. My wife, in shambles equally, helped me maintain a good positive mind. She constantly touched me, spoke with me and disturbed me literally. She literally didn't allow me to spend a minute in silence as she knew I had all the ammo with me to talk me into a severe bout of depression and sorrow. 2 days passed and it was a Saturday, when I happened to casually take a stroll across the same water body thinking about the other day. Just a few minutes from me I saw a man fall down the exact same way we did. This time, it was because of a slippery rock . I quickly grabbed an iron chain by the wall which had a hook  as I called out to my chief servant to come and help the man who was about to drown. We threw it down to him as the iron kept hitting the sand and stone mixture in a haphazard manner as the man started crying like he was being tortured . Like you were being fried in hot oil - and I am not joking. He shouted so raucously I feared the chain might have hit his body or something but there was no blood. In a few minutes  we managed to pull him up as I went to inspect what had made him shout in such horror. When it was my turn. 

Due to the constant grappling and that man clawing the sludge trying to keep himself up,  the gold extract that was locked between the slush in an awkward angle had got released from its position. I let out a loud cry but this was in sheer joy. My servant thought seriously there was something terrible below , when he saw me pat the extract in such gratitude and in some time we got the extract airlifted safely onto our godown.  I had the man well rested in my guest room as my workers started processing the gold extract . This man tells me the most darndest thing. Apparently, a few days ago he lost his younger brother due to a water accident and he couldn't save him even though he was nearby . This had developed an overnight undefined hydrophobia in him. He had developed such a fear of water that he just took sponge baths and anything resembling water made him bat shit crazy. So when he was about to drown there, he had acted in sheer fight-flight situation and it had strangely reversed the overnight hydrophobia he had  developed. And I happened to be there by "chance" when he fell down. 

Now if you recollect the order of events - me getting my gold extract, me losing it, the auditor warning me about the impending tax fraud danger, the man falling down , the man losing his hydrophobia and me getting back my possession - one thing is very clear.  Every damn thing happens for a reason. Good or bad. You might think that the situation you are currently in is so unfair causing you much pain and you just want to end yourself. But if by your will , you managed to hang around just for some more time, until life was done with your lesson, just enough to give life the time to reward you , trust me, you will be rewarded. No matter how dark the situation , never mentally put yourself into a defeatist-depressive mindset. God , took me a through a turn of incidents so severe that it would have almost imploded me . But he had also blessed me with the tools to handle it. I had my servants, my wife and most importantly a heart that prayed to him with divinely inspired will and faith. I didn't submit meekly to the outcome of the life's acid test, I simply accepted its hegemony over me in the name of fate. I played my part, and I didn't exit the game. I continued to breathe, until when it was my Time again , and it all unfolded beautifully the way God intended for me. How disastrous would it have been for me if I had brought the gold extract with no accident - I would have got caught in a tax fraud, the man would have continued to suffer from his mental fear and I would have never seen the light of the day. But God, gently brought in a darkness that he directly orchestrated , simply nudged me through it , and then made it all bright again when I was ready . Faith literally moves mountains and dear reader - I supplicate my hands to you , never lose hope. 

Trust that blessings are on your way , just wait your turn.  

May you stay inspired and Blessed always !