THIS CUP... YOU HAVE PLACED BEFORE ME
I heard someone saying, the other day, “Life is worth living, because, there are obstacles in it!” “What?” I immediately heard others reacting. The others included me, too! All our lives, we keep praying before Lord Ganesh – the Vigneshwara – to remove the obstacles from our path as we go along our lives. And, this man was telling us, “Hello, thank Lord Ganesh for placing the obstacles, in the first place!” However we argue with our friend’s logic, we have no option but to buy it. Yes, he is right: “Life is great – exciting – only because, we have to deal with and overcome our obstacles!” As we celebrate from today this great festival of Lord Ganesh, I thought, I would ponder a little over our friend’s remarks. Can Life be worth living, without the obstacles in it? If Ram or Krishna, if Christ or Gautama… yes, if divine souls like these… could not do away with problems when they came to live on this earth, how can we, the shee...