Sometime back I met a gentleman. He shared his experience of life. He shared that, from his son, he learned something very profound which he wanted to share. Experiences are always welcomed. So, he shared that he was a perfectionist. He always wants to make sure that he did best. He always wanted to figure out everything in life but along with that he was always stressed. Because he was always worried, he was always thinking that what he had to do or plan or figure out everything before it happened. However, when his son started growing up, he realized, he was always relaxed and happy. He wondered why?
Then he looked at his son, he realized, he simply goes and does things rather than over worrying about anything. He asked his son, why? His son simply said that you told me to trust God and you and I do that. I know, when I fall, you are there to catch me. Even if I fall, I know you are there to put a bandage or treat me. So for everything I do, I trust that either I will fail or succeed if I fail, you or God is there to put a bandage and if I do not and succeed, then I succeed. When I observed, I realized, he took much quicker decisions, he was much faster, he failed also more but overall he did better than me in everything. My quest to know everything, to figure out everything was failing me. When I got stuck and tried focusing on everything, I got stuck longer. I always wanted to figure out till the end. But he only figured out the first step.
Then one day, I asked him again, how can you do that? He simply smiled and said (by that time, he was little more grown up) when you have taken a step after you have figured out all, how many times, everything had gone as you had thought so? And the answer was never. it was always different and with time I made a correction. Exactly, we all can take the only first step. It is a mental satisfaction that we have figured out all. So why to waste time and energy in that. Simply, let’s focus on the first step only. Have faith, there is someone to guide us, hold us, nurse us, love us. With our intentions, he would always guide us.
I guess I really figured it out all with that! Have faith!
