Durga

“Any task I take up, I wish it to be successful always. How?”  asks Durga.

I was waiting at the bus stop for my routine bus-catch.  Durga, a girl with a divine like smile on her face comes saying ‘Hi’. She is simple, working hard for her family. She is so disciplined/punctual, that I see her at the stop sharp by 8:10. She isn’t a much closer friend to me. Yet, we just greet each other daily at the stop.

The other day, she came to me smiling (as always). But, suddenly, she started weeping. I got dumb-stuck as I have never seen any other expression on her face except a sweet smile.

I’ve started consoling her and helped her restoring saying, situation will be under her control once she clams down. She din’t get into her bus. And asked me too, to hold on. I asked her if she has something to share or if can help her in anyway.

She smiled and said, “I have a question, provided, you shouldn’t ask me why I have cried.”!!

“Well, no worries, if you are unwilling to, I would never force you for the reason. Let me know what question you have?”

She asked, “Can you tell me the things I need to focus to keep me successful in whatever I take up? Don’t scare, I anyway go for good things always….”

 Hmm, I have no clue how this is related to her ‘sudden’ grief  and how I can help her on this.

నాలో అణువు అణువు ఆలయంగా మారగా
నిత్యం కొలుచుకోనా అమ్మ ఋణమే తీరగా

I replied, ”it’s a tough question (though) and I’m not an expert in training at such kind of…yet, let me try at it. Success/Failure is something you term the outcome. And that is not what we require. Its important how well you can keep the ‘self’ satisfied. As such, I don’t have a strategy. But, I wish and believe that one should have an eternal mathru and desa bhakthi to be happy forever”! Seems she is convinced. As I promised not to ask the reason why she broke into tears, I’m confused if my answer helped her face the problem she has now!!

I know, our conversation went on is very typical. Yet, it has an important end-up that every one of us has to live with to see/keep ourselves progressing always….