The Secret

The morning breakfast discussion in office often brings out the best of the momentary topics, the ones you get amused with and forget. Some preach, some laugh at the mindlessness of the jokes cracked, and some just well plain listen. During one such session today, over a Dosa and a Sambar that would give a south Indian foodie like me extreme facial contractions, they discussed of the “secret”

Apparently there is a document floating in office that outlines a set of things you should do to live with a happy disposition. The word document printed and pinned on the desk of many is called the “Secret”. One of the things in it is the fact how you should let things be. Believe that they will come true or maybe believe in something that will help you settle in your head. The wait and believe and watch concept.

I am not a fan of preachy writings, self help books because I look at ‘helping the world’ with a little skepticism. I would never like to read one and acknowledge the smart ass, but instead write one. So while everyone is a fan of this document I snicker at the very mention of it. Call me high maintenance or more.

It may be contrary to what I typed in above but I always believed that God communicates to me in his way. From a road sign sticker to a driving school name he has had ingenious ways to tell me the next thing in store. Lately I have been literally losing marbles over a lot of things I have no control on. The word patience was not really induced in my dictionary and was taught by his almighty over a series of episodic stickers and break bumpers. So when I was on the path to losing my mind over all things that were being thrown at me to catch and keep, I got to know of the “secret”.

I know the fact that when you wish to listen, everything makes sense. Everything comes as a message from the beyond. So when people kept talking of patience and stories of people making it in life with that gift, the document which read the do’s and don’t of life with the word patience being glorified, my closest friends telling me to let it go and some of them being pissed off at me for not letting it be, I got it (execution is still in the nascent stages). The things which are beyond the control, by their very nature can’t be controlled. When you know there is no amount of effort from your part that is required and just indifference, let it be.
So next time you feel your world is crashing down with questions like why now and why me and what more in your head, pray. He will tell you let it be. Until next time my reader, I am on my way to pin the secret to my wall….