My Soulful Journey of Life

One should do his karma only, and just

Not think about the results, said Lord Krishna

In the Bhagavad Gita; I believed in the dictum

So vehemently; I worked hard to achieve

Laurels in my life, yet I couldn’t find even a decent job; I thought whether it was fault

Of mine or the divine providence?

When I looked around I found several of

My friends and peers enjoying good job,

And lavish lifestyle; these were the fellows

Who were always behind me in the race

Of life; I was deeply depressed and sorry;

At the same time, a silent anger started to pile up

Inside me; I considered myself a loser in

The unpredictable game of life;

It exploded off and on on silly pretexts;

Then it came to my notice that running away

From the very thought of success and failure

Is the only way out; I met a guru who

Asked me to take the sanyas route, and

Become a sanyasi to achieve mental peace;

I became an ascetic and immersed myself

In bhakti or devotion to God; but after some time

Disenchantment began to overpower me; again

My guru came to my rescue and urged me

Not to relinquish the chosen path- that

Would lead you to the path of mokha, the

Ultimate goal, he said, and I succumbed once again;

One day I saw a boatman barely dressed, Who would ply his boat on a daily basis; he

Hardly cared what would he get, but fought

The battle of life with renewed verve and Vigour; he would laugh heartily at his discomfiture,

But never thought of renunciation; I got the

Message loud and clear, and understood

The power of laughter amidst the cacophony

Of life’s innumerable sorrows and miseries;

I am now a fighter with a veritable volcano inside my inner self, from

Which only laughter erupts, to heal the

Wounds of my fractured soul.