FAITH DELIVERS MIRACLES

 

It was like any other day. I went for work. I received a message that one of our old students was battling for life in the ICU as he had developed brain fever. A young man with a bright future, but all of a sudden life put him in a situation that was least expected. I was able to speak to him over phone and I felt that his spirit was still alive, even though he was aware that his condition was critical. When life puts you down, can you get up one more time?

                      Life never prepares you for a surprise.

My mother too found herself in a similar situation. My dad passed away all of a sudden. Nobody expected a healthy person, who lived life with zest, to go away just like that. Life does not give you advance notice of an oncoming calamity. Death just comes, and invites.

With an infant and two toddlers, life ahead looked blank. Nothing made sense to her. But slowly she picked up the threads of her life, one day at a time, and started life all over again as a single parent, with an empty pocket.

Life did not succeed in breaking her spirit though. She fought valiantly. Her success story is history now. It was her unshakeable faith in the Almighty that gave her the strength to move forward.

Life has thrown so many challenges at me. I have been affected very badly in the past. I felt so helpless and hopeless. I have cried over it, feeling miserable and powerless. It was my area of concern. The challenges were outside of me. I never realized that the only person I could influence was, myself. I could change my approach, my outlook and choose my responses.

It was my good fortune that my life transformed when a teacher appeared in my life. I found my spiritual connect, which is the greatest blessing in my life. I cannot quantify the strength that I derive from my Source of Faith. He has changed my very DNA!

How I think during challenging times has changed so much because I know that God is preparing me for something big. Today I realize that those experiences were required for me to become the person I am now.

                      Testing times are actually preparing you for something big.

My spiritual guru always says, ‘’ Even if things aren’t going right I keep going right, and that makes my life right.” This is a huge lesson in life. We tend to become very negative when we face challenges, and give up. I keep telling myself, “Faith delivers miracles.” Thus, I gain strength.

A school is not just about teaching and learning. We deal with the emotions of students, from a two-year old to a seventeen-year old. Their mental and emotional well-being have to be taken care of.  We deal with the emotions of teachers and parents as well.

So, an emotional balance is expected of an educationist. But we are also human. What comes to my rescue is my spiritual ascendance through my spiritual connect. There is a huge difference between my life before and after my initiation into spirituality.

I am, in fact, watching myself and my responses. The more and more miserable I used to feel in the past, whenever I encountered challenges, the less and less I react to situations now.

I feel absolutely blessed to be in this state and in this space. For all that I have been through in life, I realize that life was preparing me for this beautiful phase, where in, I feel every day is a miracle!

Each one of us should find our Source of Faith. I have no two opinions on that.

“Out of gratitude, love is born

Out of love, devotion is born

Out of devotion, surrender is born

Out of surrender, faith is born

And in faith, miracles happen.” – mahatria Ra

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