I have been thinking lately of what it means by destiny - can it be known? Heard of great people who miraculously came to understand "this is it and nothing else in my life" meaning. So here i am who is not aware of the meaning of destiny except what is there in the dictionary.
Yesterday evening, my daughter came to my house running breathing hard and asking me for few sticks. She said there is a pigeon stuck to a wire hanging from the tree near the neighborhood and she wanted to save it. So, i gave the sticks to her. Myself and my wife followed her. With the help of few of our neighbors the bird was brought down. One good samaritian slowly and patiently untangled the wire. Once done, we applied ointment etc., thought of leaving it out. On second thought, we decided it could be killed by dogs or cats and took it to our home.
We installed it on the dining table and started feeding it water. I think it got scared and flew a little. Since it was feeling suffocated inside the house and we were afraid that it could be hit by the ceiling fan, we decided to take it to the first floor balcony. We lodged it there, gave it food, water etc., it remained comfortable. My daughter would check it's well-being every hour during the night. Most of our neighbors were curious to know about its well-being. This was the state yesterday night.
This morning i woke up early morning to check how it is. To my surprise when i went into the balcony, i found a cat eating it. I was really shocked. I got heavily upset. After composing myself, i thought if my daughter and others knew about this, they would lose faith in saving lives. So, i cleaned up the remaining feathers and body of the dead pigeon, threw it where nobody could see it. Once my daughter woke up, she checked for the bird and it couldn't be found there. So, she declared the bird healed and flew away. So, it was a happy ending for her.
But I was guilty. I thought i could have saved it somehow. Morning when i kept quiet for sometime, it finally occurred to me. The bird had to somehow die this morning by a cat. Hanging by the thin wire - it would have survived few more days. That means it's final destiny wouldn't have been reached by the exact time and exact place. If we hadn't gotten it down, there was no way a cat would have eaten it. That is the harsh way of destiny - and that made my mind quiet.
Nobody knows his destiny(result) & time & place (all the three).
Yesterday evening, my daughter came to my house running breathing hard and asking me for few sticks. She said there is a pigeon stuck to a wire hanging from the tree near the neighborhood and she wanted to save it. So, i gave the sticks to her. Myself and my wife followed her. With the help of few of our neighbors the bird was brought down. One good samaritian slowly and patiently untangled the wire. Once done, we applied ointment etc., thought of leaving it out. On second thought, we decided it could be killed by dogs or cats and took it to our home.
We installed it on the dining table and started feeding it water. I think it got scared and flew a little. Since it was feeling suffocated inside the house and we were afraid that it could be hit by the ceiling fan, we decided to take it to the first floor balcony. We lodged it there, gave it food, water etc., it remained comfortable. My daughter would check it's well-being every hour during the night. Most of our neighbors were curious to know about its well-being. This was the state yesterday night.
This morning i woke up early morning to check how it is. To my surprise when i went into the balcony, i found a cat eating it. I was really shocked. I got heavily upset. After composing myself, i thought if my daughter and others knew about this, they would lose faith in saving lives. So, i cleaned up the remaining feathers and body of the dead pigeon, threw it where nobody could see it. Once my daughter woke up, she checked for the bird and it couldn't be found there. So, she declared the bird healed and flew away. So, it was a happy ending for her.
But I was guilty. I thought i could have saved it somehow. Morning when i kept quiet for sometime, it finally occurred to me. The bird had to somehow die this morning by a cat. Hanging by the thin wire - it would have survived few more days. That means it's final destiny wouldn't have been reached by the exact time and exact place. If we hadn't gotten it down, there was no way a cat would have eaten it. That is the harsh way of destiny - and that made my mind quiet.
Nobody knows his destiny(result) & time & place (all the three).
