“Enlightenment, it’s a little bit
different from the normal…but so is change”- Lynk Paul
ng starts
a forest fire. Turning left she sees a hunter who is aiming an arrow at her from
a distance. As she tries to move towards the right, she spots a hungry lion
approaching towards her.
What can the pregnant deer do …as she is already under labor pain?
What do you think will happen?
Will the deer survive?
Will it give birth to a fawn?
Will the fawn survive?
In our life, it’s our MOMENT of CHOICE and we all have to deal with such negative thoughts from all sides, always. Some thoughts are so powerful they overpower us and make us clueless. Let us not decide anything in a hurry. Let’s think of ourselves as the pregnant deer with the ultimate happy ending (a successful birthing). Anything can happen in a MOMENT in this life.
What can the pregnant deer do …as she is already under labor pain?
What do you think will happen?
Will the deer survive?
Will it give birth to a fawn?
Will the fawn survive?
OR
Will everything be burnt by the forest fire?
Will everything be burnt by the forest fire?
That particular
moment
Can the deer go left? –
Hunter’s arrow is pointing
Can she go right? – Hungry male lion approaching
Can she move up? – Forest fire
Can she move down? – Fierce river
Can she go right? – Hungry male lion approaching
Can she move up? – Forest fire
Can she move down? – Fierce river
Answer:
She does nothing. She just
focuses on giving birth to a new LIFE.
The sequence of events that
happens at that fraction of a second (moment) is as
follows;
In a spur of the MOMENT …a
lightning bolt strikes (it is already cloudy) and blinds the eyes of the Hunter.
At that MOMENT, he releases the arrow missing and zipping past the deer. At that
MOMENT, the arrow hits and injures the lion badly. At that MOMENT, it starts to
rain heavily and puts out the forest fire. At that next MOMENT, the deer gives
birth to a healthy fawn.
In our life, it’s our MOMENT of CHOICE and we all have to deal with such negative thoughts from all sides, always. Some thoughts are so powerful they overpower us and make us clueless. Let us not decide anything in a hurry. Let’s think of ourselves as the pregnant deer with the ultimate happy ending (a successful birthing). Anything can happen in a MOMENT in this life.
If you are religious,
superstitious, atheist, agnostic… or whatever… you can attribute this MOMENT as
divine intervention, faith, sudden luck, chance (serendipity), coincidence… or a
simple ‘don’t know’. We all feel the same. But, whatever one may call it, I
would see the priority of the deer in that given moment was to giving birth to a
baby…. because LIFE IS PRECIOUS.
Hence, whether you are deer or a human, keep that faith and hope within you always.
Hence, whether you are deer or a human, keep that faith and hope within you always.
“A moment of choice is a moment
of truth. It's the testing point of our character and competence”.
- Stephen R. Covey
- Stephen R. Covey
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