A friend in need is a
friend indeed.
I have read this a lot
of times in our lives. Sometimes on the banner of school gate, sometimes on the
boundary wall of church or sometimes in the elementary school student’s essay your
best friend. It can make into the most used quotes also. But being most
used in real life, I didn’t have any such striking experience in my life till
now owing my hesitation to ask anyone for anything. It takes a big part of
courage from me. I am always in the thought that what if he or she denies and I
will be returned ashamed and with hurting creases in my heart for that person.
I have been turned down many times in my life. Whenever I went to ask for some
help in the desperation, I was turned down. So I always prefer to get it by
myself.
A few days back I was
in dire need of something which I couldn’t get or earn by myself. It has to be
done by others. I needed prayers then. My whole hometown was in danger.
Phailin, a super-hurricane was hauling with so monstrous force which threatened
to destroy everything we held there. Everyone was scared. Every hand held up in
prayer through out the night praying almighty to save them and their family.
I was helpless. The
worst was I couldn’t be near my family. That was the day I most regretted for
my decision to leave them back for my career. I felt a serious guilt of selfish
pang through me. I couldn’t stop hurting myself. Then I wrote a post in my
blog, asking everyone who read my blog to kindly pray for my hometown. This is all
I could do at that time.
I didn’t even check it
for two days. All I was doing then was pace through the hostel corridor and try
to talk to everyone I knew at my hometown. And when I logged into my blog and
checked it, it almost startled me. I am not so popular in the blog arena. I
have just very few followers and I don’t know even all of them read it
or not. It’s the truth even if it hurts. But this time I had many people who
prayed for me selflessly.
I lost my balance as my
feet was one feet high in air, I was so happy then. And the best part was their
prayers were heard too. Though the force of Phailin destroyed a lot but
it was less then what was estimated. As seven lakhs of people were evacuated
prior to the cyclone (for the first time I saw government so active!! :O),
there was no such loss of life. Though all the vegetation is smashed and no
tree has a single leaf on it, still it was better and that’s what all were
relaxed and happy.
Now I don’t know how to
thank each every people who prayed for it as everyone matters a lot to me. I
even don’t know how many lips read the prayer. But whoever prayed for us and whoever even thought to pray but
forgot due to their busy schedule, I am thankful and grateful to all of them. I
have no words to pay my gratitude. So this is something I made for them. I hope
all of you will like it. J
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| I know it's not that good but I promise to come up with a better one! :) |
