My personal touch with HIS ways!

This is one saying , reframed from Bhagavad Gita, which has always kept me moving in life.
This is my ‘all time’ favourite Quote. I have always held this quote close to me , but it took one great incident for me to understand and feel the depth of the line “Everything that happens is for your own good”. Meaning God does everything for a reason and not always we are aware of the reason. But in my life, at one point of time, when all my hopes were clinging onto God, and I was stepping onto the next stone of success, I suddenly realized that he withrdrew His support and left me all alone with failure and fiascos. But it took me a short time to realize that he infact was guiding me through the right direction.

All through my school and college, the patient listener to my never ending blah-blah’s of my tensions about exams, the disappointments, the happiness and all good and bad times , was HE. I saw God in the form of Krishna and Shiva.I have cried to them and also laughed and expressed my joy to them and believed that they will never let me down.

My parents were not born with a silver spoon and their growth in life towards luxury was not a steep one and they saved every penny for me and my brother, for our education and our comfort.I am always owed to them for the life they have given me.As all dedicated youngsters I too dreamt of getting a job and give all the comfort that I could to my parents. I was confident of getting a good job because of the constant good academics I had and of course the supportive duo Krishna and Shiva. After college, it was my first written test with one of the big software MNC giant in India and I was all prepared and ready to clear the test and grab the offer.


The written exam was scheduled on a Sunday at Chennai. I was all prepared. On Friday evening I got a call from one of my college friend. She was working as a tele sales executive in a small company.To tell about her, she was my class mate and hostelmate in college and a good friend. She was a typical village girl and after joining our posh college, we friends helped her cope with English and the attitude of different classes of people.She lost her mom when we were in the 2’nd year of Engineering.. Her dad’s earning was not enough to support her little sister,so she did not mind working as a tele sales person with a B.E degree. Moreover, her academics and communication was a major setback for her to get a job.
It takes 2 hours for her to travel one way between her little town and Chennai. She cldnt afford a hostel or PG so she preffered travelling. So, on Friday evening, she called me and said “Jai, I am so tired today da,I cannot travel,so can I come over to your place and tomorrow by noon I will start to my town”. As always, eager to help a friend, I invited her over to my home.
The next day her sister called from her town and informed that she too has got the call letter for the written test on Sunday, same center as mine. She was totally unprepared and 100% sure she was not going to get through.She was not interested in giving the test. My parents encouraged her and told her to give a try. I also told her that If she gives this test atleast she will have an idea to prepare for it the next time. She atlast agreed and with zero preparation she accompanied me on Sunday to the test venue.
When we got inside the examination room, she sat on the same desk as mine and said “Jai, can you please show the answers, I don’t know anything”.
The empathetic personality in me agreed for this and I did not bother to cover my answers.She was easily able to see the answers and copied the same. My rough sheet was covered with calculation and hers was neat and clean.
After the test we left home and she left for her native.

It was 2 weeks after our test and one night I had a dream. In my dream, I was seated in my tution class (the tutuion class I attended when I was in std X’th) and on the board a list of names were written who were shortlisted from the written test. I saw my name in the 5’th position was so happy.But then someone came and erased it and wrote my friend’s name. I got up that morning and told my mom about the dream and as usual she said “Nothing like that will happen and God will not let you down”. I do believe in intuitions but this was my first experience with it.

I waited and waited but never got any mail regarding the selection and one day my friend called me and said “Jai, thanks to you,I got selected”. I did not know how to react. I did congratulate her, but was confused as to why was’nt I selected. Infact she copied my answers.

After speaking to her, I kept the phone down and I was sitting like a rock, looking somewhere unfocussed and then looked into the pooja room and saw the beautiful smile on His face and I felt tears rolling out from my eyes. I cried and cried. My parents and brother were there by my side asking what happened.I explained to them that I am not selected and my friend was selected.They were first shocked but composed themselves and my dad said “Hey little lady, I don’t want to see my daughter struggle with a job.I want you to be comfortably settled with a gifted hubby and enjoy. We are there always for you”.
At that moment I wanted to hug my dad and cry but since I have not expressed such emotions with him and he too is not a very expressive person. All I could do was cry and cry and promised that I will never attend an interview with this company in my life. I did not have the courage to go and ask Him “Y did u do this to me?”. I was heavy at heart for many days and never attended any tests after that.

And fortunately for my friend, IT gaint for whom I gave the written test decided to shortlist people who cleared the written test and directly train them without an interview(by now you would have got an idea which IT company I am talking about J )
My friend joined office in September and in November I got engaged and married in December. By the time I gave the written test, my marriage dates were actually fixed.

We shifted to Calcutta after marriage and one fine day, my hubby came home with a printout of a call letter for a written test.It was for the same company and I refused saying I will not attend it. He said he knew that I wont agree and that’s y he applied for it without my knowledge. He coaxed me into attending it and I agreed for his sake.And I gave the test and got shortlisted and had an interview and in 2 weeks time I got the appointment letter from the ‘same’ company.
I was wondering Y God is playing such games with me.Y did he make me go through the failure and then gave me what I wanted.
Well, all I can decipher is that God wanted to give something to that friend through me. If after the written test , if there was an interview, considering her communication skill, she definitely would not have qualified. So God chose the right time for her. He gave her a high paying job through me and so she was able to support her sister’s education and then she was able to come out of her cocoon. At that time, when she also lost her mom, she was the one who needed the job. So God made it happen through me. And if I had got the job at that time, my marriage would not have happened then, it might have delayed or maybe I would have missed this wonderful person as my hubbyJ

This is one incident in my life that I will never forget and whenever I feel upset over something that should not have happened,I rewind and think of this wonderful gesture of God and the way He made me realize that He is with me always.

hi,

very nice of u to share this incident from your life..u have taken it in a very positive spirit and i am glad good things happenned to both u and your friend..like u said it happens only when HE wishes so...

Mindi

Hi imemyself,
nice write up!!!
ya its true "All for the Best"................
For every one there will be one god whom they like very much.......we used to speak,cry,laugh with them......It makes us feel comfortable.................

If any one is get benefited because of us , there wont be be any happiness more than that.......This is the most loveliest part of life.........so feel proud to be one among us.......

All the best..........

Hi Dear "IMeandMyself",
Your post is as beautiful as your name is.........
Felt very happy for the happy ending of ur post or I would better say for your blissful life with ur hubby.......
Yeah, sometimes we became the via media for God to help others..........you must be feeling very happy for helping one of ur frd to succeed in her life and getting a dream job which she never had thought of......
regards.

Hi Imemyself,
I am glad you and friend both got results, even though you got yours a little late.

Dear Jai,

Great piece of writing which made me nominate it for the FP before even replying.

Very true. Everything is for good. The way you wrote was simply amazing.

Inspirational one! Our life is not enough to learn it in full. We have to learn from others' experiences. You wrote one such experience.

Heartfelt apreciations!

Hi Imemyself,

That was indeed a very long and good post for ur first blog. God definitely gives us wats good and when its gud. Tht was inspirational.

Keep writing,

Regards,
CC

Dear,dear Jaya,
What a wonderful post!I enjoyed reading this and I know that I have benefitted by reading this article.So many people tell us in their own way that whatever God does is for our good only.But when we hear a friend narrating his/her own experience then it surely makes a difference.Thank you for a wonderful post.
mithila kqannan

Dear Imemyself,

Enjoyed reading your excellent post.

Thank God for what you have and trust Him for what you need.

Cheers,
Lakshmi.

Originally Posted by Mindian

hi,

very nice of u to share this incident from your life..u have taken it in a very positive spirit and i am glad good things happenned to both u and your friend..like u said it happens only when HE wishes so...

Mindi

Hi Mindian,
Thank you for your first response to my post. As u rightly said "Man proposes, God Disposes"