I've found ..

I have not failed .. I've found 10,000 ways that won't work ! :-)

(grateful 🙏 to be reminded of positive ways of thinking by great men from past - y'day at "Edison and Ford winter Estates nr Ft. Myers, Florida)

GOD moves in a mysterious way ...

This insightful poem - 'God moves in a mysterious way; His wonders to perform ...' by William Cowper - fascinated me right from my childhood (it was in the textbook at my school).

I recently happened to reflect on it with a new perspective

These days, I play with Rubik's cube frequently (I have learned to solve all six faces of the cube - thanks to the notes here ). Our kid likes to see all 'cubies' (pieces) of same color gathered on a side of the cube.

Sometimes, when the cube is scrambled (unsolved), he requests me to solve one face of a particular color (say RED). When, I start, he is happy to see red cubies gathering on a side one by one. But as I move near to solving it totally (collecting all 9 cubies of red on one side) I have to temporarily 'break' already gathered cubies for the larger good of solving the whole side. And, since he does not know the underlying logic (or the need to do so) he gets disheartened that I am spoiling the side (instead of making it for him).

Maybe, this is exactly what is happening with us when we do not see things going our way. Our father - Almighty GOD - is temporarily 'spoiling' our 'plot' to fulfill our wish!

William Cowper has rightly said -
"The bud may have a bitter taste,
But sweet will be the flower."

In fact, each and every verse of the poem has a very deep meaning. Literally, GOD moves in a mysterious way!

Surrender, completely and unconditionally!

I have two things lingering in my mind for quiet some time now –
1. about trying my hands at blogging and
2. the incident I am going to put down as my first Blog

I consider myself as spiritually bent. While I spend time with our growing kid (Param – who is now 2+ years of age) I come across interesting incidents. I think that any father-son incidents can be looked at from a spiritual angle. And this can lead to subtle messages about how our ultimate Father (the Almighty) treats us. Let me cut the pre-amble short and jump to the specific incident I wanted to share.

One fine day, Param was playing with a closed cylindrical plastic box containing 100 ear buds. (Parents of kid know this for sure – kids like to play with anything and everything except their toys ;-). After few minutes of struggling, he was successful in setting all the 100 ear buds free from captivity. All the buds were scattered hither and thither on the bed.

Now, he got chance to try his hands at another game – to put all the 100 ear buds back in the box. This one was tougher than his earlier stint. (A cliché worth pondering over - Isn’t it always easier to break than to make?).

While I was watching all this, it was difficult for me to resist my urge to help him out. However, I waited till he finally gave up and looked at me for help (and all this is of course in our very own ‘sign’ language – since he has not yet learned to speak).

Then, on getting an approval from him, I gathered all the 100 ear buds and put all of them in the clear plastic box at one go - almost ‘effortlessly’.

While I reflected on this trivial looking incident with a spiritual angle, I was so much pleased and happy that I could ‘read’ the subtle message – When we completely surrender our problems to our Father (the Almighty), they are solved almost ‘effortlessly’; no matter how complex and impossible they may seem to us.

The task of putting all the 100 ear buds in place was so difficult ( rather ‘almost’ impossible – I add the word ‘almost’ here because I believe nothing is impossible) for Param but once he completely surrendered his problem to me, it was done in a jiffy and he might also take it as a ‘miracle’.

The key here is - 'complete surrender'


Someone has rightly said –
Don't tell GOD how big your storm is; Tell the storm how big your GOD is!