दिप्ती.कथन (Dipti.Kathan)

There was a village where there was no sufficient rain since two consecutive years. People were experiencing shortage of water. Villagers planned to arrange a Pooja to worship Indra Dev, God of rains. Everyone got engaged in preparation. And the Pooja day arrived. Almost everyone from the village came to the Pooja place. After some time one boy came. And everyone started looking at him. Why? The boy had an umbrella open in his hand. One of the men standing beside him asked," Beta aapne chhata kyoo khol rakhaa hain?" The boy replied," Chacha hum log Indra Dev ki Pooja karne jaa rahe hain. Indra Dev ki Pooja karnese bareesh to aahi jayegee . To main bheeg jaaoongaa na. Isliye m aine chhata khol rakha hain." The man got surprised with a sense of hope. I had heard this story long time back from someone or I read it somewhere. I don't remember exactly. But I totally remember the meaning and the message of the story. It such a hopeful message! Isn't

If you want to place your right leg ahead while walking, you need to lift your left leg up. Until and unless you leave the floor by lifting your left leg up,you can't walk ahead. Similarly if you want to move ahead in your  life, you need to leave all the negative experiences, memories, people,objects. Till the time you don't walk away from these negitivity, you can't see positive outcomes in your life.  We talk about negative things in our life all the time and complain why nothing good is happening. Now there are two dimensions to this situation. One, really nothing good is happening and second, good things are also happening but we are not paying attention to them and just focusing on negative. I think second scene is more real... Right? Why is it so? Why don't we pay attention to the good things that are happening around us, either with us or with other people? Why do we talk about negative things, people, objects,situations,experiences,memories most of the time?

Recently I heard a case where a lady tells her servant  to not to answer back even if she scolds at him unnecessarily. She said him that she will displace her anger on him. Thankfully the servant had enough self respect to say 'good bye'. After hearing this, I was asked my perception about this case. I said what I felt - Some people feel that they have hired a servant means they have own him/her. They treat him/her as if he/she is their property. They take their servants for granted. Isn't it insensitive and inhuman? When I reflected on this case I thought but we all some or the other time take people,specially those who are closed to us, for granted. So it's also inhuman and insensitive if my previous statement is right? Now this differs from case to case. In closed relationships, sometimes we don't mind if we are taken for granted. But definitely at some point we won't like if others take us for granted. Our self- esteem will definitely get threatened. As w