Shit Happens For The Best

I always loved parables, especially the ones my grandma told me. She was in better health back then. She didn’t know a lot of stories so I used to listen on a “repeat playlist” mode. Every tale would repeat in a few days but I used to listen ebulliently. The reason for divulging all this is that yesterday I received a text from a friend. It was in response to this, “You always wanted to study elsewhere. Why did you change your plans?”

“I made a ridiculous mistake while selecting the preferences in the first counselling round. The seats filled out and I had to settle for this. Now, I am doomed. I wish I wouldn’t have made that mistake. If I was a little careful, things would’ve been different. I am stuck now and this place sucks. What should I do?”, he stated in the reply.

My grandma made a similar mistake back in the 60s. She couldn’t get the college she wanted.

Kidding ! :P

She told me a story which I still remember.

Once there was a king who had a very optimistic servant. He always told him: “My king, Never be discouraged because God is with you. He does everything for the best.”

One day, they went hunting and a wild animal attacked the king. The servant managed to save the king but couldn’t prevent his king from losing a finger.

“If your God was good, I would still be having ten fingers”, said the king angrily.

“I know you have suffered my king. But I would still say, God is never wrong”, the servant replied.

Outraged by the response, the king ordered that the servant must be imprisoned.

Later, the king went for another hunt and was captured by barbarians who wanted to use him as sacrifice. When they discovered that the king had a missing finger, they released him because they considered him “incomplete” to be offered as sacrifice.

On returning, the king released his servant. He said, “your God is great. Lacking a finger saved my life.”

“However, I have a question,” the king added. “If God never makes a mistake, why did he allow me to imprison you?”

The servant replied –

“If I had gone with you, I would’ve been sacrificed because I have no missing finger.”

We all love this word – If.

We all think : “If it hadn’t turned out that way then I wouldn’t be doing this and I would’ve lived in ecstasy .”

But, in reality, it has turned out that way, you have to do this and you are definitely not living in ecstasy. So why not do the best you can and leave the rest in God’s hands?

Always remember, "SH-IT HAPPENS FOR THE BEST."

And yeah, I did tell my friend:

“Things will improve. Have faith in God. Trust the timing of your life.”