A beautiful & instructive story…
There was once a bird who lived in the desert; very sick, no feathers, nothing to eat and drink, no shelter to live and who kept on cursing his life day and night.
One day, Hanuman Ji was crossing that desert, & the bird stopped Hanuman Ji and inquired “where are you going?”
Hanuman Ji replied ” I am going to meet Sri Ram”.
So the bird asked Hanuman Ji, please ask Sri Ram when my suffering will come to an end?’
Hanuman Ji said “sure, I will” and bade goodbye to the bird.
Hanuman Ji reached Sri Ram’s place and shared the message of the bird with Him.
Hanuman Ji told Him how pathetic the condition of bird was and inquired when the suffering of the bird will end. God replied:
“For the next seven life-times, the bird has to suffer like this & no happiness until then”.
Hanuman Ji said, when our bird hears this, he will get disheartened. Could You suggest any solution for this?
God replied: Tell him to recite this mantra
“Thank-you God for everything”.
Hanuman Ji met the bird again and delivered the message of Sri Ram to the bird.
After seven days, Hanuman Ji passed the same path again and saw that bird was so happy; feathers had grown on his body, a small plant grew up in the desert area, a small pond of water was also there, the bird was chirping, singing and dancing cheerfully.
Hanuman Ji was astonished as to how this happened, ‘Sri Ram said that for seven life times, there is no happiness for the bird’… with this question in mind, He went to visit Sri Ram.
Hanuman Ji asked his query, then Sri Ram replied: “Yes, it was written that there will be no happiness for the bird for seven life-times, but because the bird was reciting the mantra: “Thank you God for everything” in every way, things have changed.
When the bird fell down on the hot sand, it said “thank you God for everything”, when it could not fly it said “thank-you God for everything”, so whatever the situation, the bird kept on repeating “Thank-you God for everything” and therefore the seven life times’ karma got dissolved in seven days”.
When I heard this story, it landed me in a different energy-zone, I felt a tremendous shift in my way of feeling, thinking, accepting and viewing life.
I adopted this mantra in my life. Whatever the situation I faced, I started reciting this mantra ‘ THANK YOU GOD FOR EVERYTHING’. It helped me to shift my view from what I did not have to what I do have in my life.
Similarly, I started using this mantra in my relationship, finance, love life, social life, business, with friends, colleagues and everything & everyone with whom I relate.
I shared this story with my spouse and children too which brought a great gear-shift in their behaviour.
This simple mantra really had a deep impact in my life, I started feeling how blessed I am, how happy I am, how good life is….
The purpose of sharing this message is to make all of us aware how powerful is the power of gratitude is. It can reshape our life.
A simple word, a simple thought, which teaches us to be grateful for everything we have in our life has power to dissolve all ignorance which we are carrying unknowingly.
Let us recite this mantra continuously to experience the shift in our life.
I complete this article with the beautiful lines:
Be grateful, and see the change in your attitude.
Be humble and you will never stumble 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Thank you God for everything!…
Hare Krishna bless all readers of this ❤