THOUGHT FOR THE DAY as written at Prasanthi Nilayam Today
Once a merchant asked a sailor how his grandfather and father had met
their end. It seems they both had died on the sea. So the merchant asked the
sailor whether he was not afraid of sailing on the sea. The sailor then asked
the merchant where his forefathers had died. He was told that they had all died
in bed. Now the sailor asked the merchant how he was not afraid of going to
bed! Everyone's life shall come to an end somewhere, somehow; but the wise
alone achieve the Divine Vision before the end. If you have the cool spring of
devotion within you, the fires of anxiety cannot harm you. Then, every visit of
calamity will take on a new meaning, as a sign of Grace, to harden and toughen
you, and make you seasoned timber, for His purpose. Be an instrument in the
hands of God; let Him use you for any purpose He prefers.
BABA
