In the city, lived a boy with his parents and his grandparents used to live far away in another city. Parents would take their son to his grandparent’s house during summer holidays, every year. They would stay there for 15-20 days and then return. Boy loved his stay there.
This continued every year.
With time, the boy grew up. One day young boy said to his parents, “Now, I am big, I can go to my grandparents’ house alone. So, please let me go by myself.”
The parents didn’t agree at first but when the boy insisted, they agreed. But my parents were worried about his safety. So, they taught me everything he needed to know to travel alone.
The day came when the boy was to leave for his grandparent’s house alone.
Parents came with the boy to see him off. When the boy was comfortably settled at his berth in the train, his parents came out, waiting for the train to depart.
While waiting, the father went to the window and kept talking to his son. While talking his father handed him an envelope from the window and said, “Son, if you feel afraid or scared on the way, open this and read it. It will help you to calm down.”
The boy kept that envelope in his pocket carefully and said goodbye to his parents. An announcement was made for the train to depart.
Boy smiled and told his father, “I remember everything. Don’t worry.”
The train got a signal to depart.
At every station where the train stopped, people kept coming and going. Boy was seeing all this. He saw that everyone was with someone and soon started feeling lonely.
At one station, a big man entered the compartment. The boy who was traveling alone for the first time, got scared seeing that man. He tried to sleep but again thinking about that man, he got scared.
Then he remembered about his father’s letter. He put his hand in his pocket opened the envelope and read.
Father had written – “Don’t be afraid. I am here with you in this train, in the adjacent compartment.”
Just after reading that letter, the boy’s face lit up and all fear vanished.
Learning:
Life is like that too. When God sent us to this world, he has also given us a letter, in which it is written – “Don’t be sad or afraid. I am with you every moment, everywhere. I take the whole journey with you. Only you keep remembering me. Remember me sincerely, I will come in a moment.”
So Don’t worry. Don’t panic. Don’t be discouraged. Have faith in God in every moment. He is always with us throughout our journey. Till the last breath. Just keep trying to maintain this one feeling. Leave everything to that God without whose permission not even a leaf can move.