Choose right.... while you wait.

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“God upsets our plans only to set his plans for us. He does this because we see our present and plan our future, but God sees our future and plans our PRESENT..”

Post reading this message that I had just received on my mobile, the first question that struck my mind was “Do we, the creations of the Almighty just have to wait while he executes his plans for us?” The answer was yes!!!

What does the word “wait” mean? If asked this question few weeks ago I would have written wait means stay, remain, hang around, linger etc…. but thanks to one of my life’s leading lady who said “ Mo! writing about something does not mean just using it's synonyms and forming some sentences with them..it means actually giving the subject a deep thought and writing exactly what u believe and feel about it.”

Hours and hours of logical thinking later, it was clear that I was just a pawn in the masters game plan and there was no way that I could change that fact. However the one thing that was in my hands was, what I chose to do while I was waiting for my destiny to be fulfilled. The choice I had in front of me was to crib and complain about something that I wanted but did not get as it was not a part of my destiny or to put myself out there, to live every day to the fullest without any fear of the unseen, put in efforts I never thought I could for something of prime importance to me.

You’ll say “Man proposes, God disposes” if it’s not a part of his plan for us, then why do we choose the latter? The answer to that is that we should also remember that God says “Put in your best and ask me for the rest?” We should remember the fact that he cares for his creations more than what we can actually imagine. So what if a guy pulls of some impossible feats and still isn’t lucky to end up with the girl of his dreams, his efforts were not a waste as the success of the various attempts made him discover certain abilities that he never thought were in him. His choice to give it his best despite of the fact that he knew the end result was not a total waste.

Let’s take one more instance… There was this person who knew that the days of her worldly life were limited. She could have chosen to cry and feel miserable about the condition she was in, but she chose otherwise. She started planning and executing the ideas that would bring her loved ones some happiness which she would not live to witness. Some say she did not get anything for her efforts but I beg to differ on that, not only did she succeed in getting a smile on the faces of the people she loved at the same time she taught them life’s biggest lesson “We can get happiness by not living just for ourselves but also for others as well”

I urge the readers of this article to give what I said above a thought, "choose right! while you wait", bear in mind that by putting ourselves out there and with genuine efforts we may be able to convince our “Creator” to reconsider his plans for us and bless us with success in our attempts if found appropriate.