Am I NURTURING THYSELF ????

Sitting on the pond side I was throwing few pebbles in it with agitated thoughts in mind.

Ripples in the pond are soon fading away but not my myriad thoughts .

Am I foolish to share all my inspired thoughts to my peers and inturn getting no appreciation .

My mind and intellect fretting and draining again and again with no recognition from the world ,  yet why am I not stopping bothering for the world for not tweaking  to my ideas .

Again I throwed a pebble into the pond , ripples faded away as usual and the pond looked at me like a gushing river with uncontrollable thoughts and answered me with a still water face .

“Oh fatuous creature ,  do not shed your wealthy thoughts to the world as it don’t care for it .  My brother River did not listen to me and went to the ocean side  to give all the  water and wealth to the ocean; The ocean is ungrateful, the ocean needs it not. The brine of the ocean was not altered with the sweetness of my brother .

So do not squander your thoughts before the indifferent world  as it does not need any . ”Do not throw your worthy thoughts upon the world “  Keep all your treasures with you. “You will be as gleeful as me "

Though seeming convincing with the reply from the pond , my rustic instinct

Provoked me to go to the river side.

As usual I throwed pebbles over the river . There was neither a ripple I could see

Nor a reply from the dynamic river . The river was busy gushing to pour millions of gallons of its treasure into the ocean ignoring my pebble thrown .But the splendid surroundings , the lush green landscape ,and the birds answered me with melody .

“””  YES I GOT MY ANSWER  “””

It is the small selfish pond that cares for the result, "What will become of me and my work?"

Let your work be for work’s sake; you must work. Your work should be your goal.

Feel no responsibility, ask for no reward.

If there is a lamp burning, the lamp should go on burning, the lamp need not send any invitations to the moths; moths will flock to the lamp of their own accord. Where there is a fresh spring, people of their own accord will be drawn to it; the spring need not care a straw for the people. When the moon rises, people will be drawn out of themselves to enjoy the moonlight.

After getting reply thyself,  I went to the pond site latter few months . I was struck to see as it became putrid, stagnant, full of festering filth unlike it’s brother , ever perinnial ,dynamic ,pure and fresh .

I took a pebble again and did not dare to throw over  the pond as I knew now, that ,there will not be any ripples  to answer me back and I have to watch only the pebble again and again .

Dropped the pebble down and back to my work as usual with gushing thoughts from my mind to share with all the world no matter whether praised or criticised .

"OM SARVE JANA SUKHINO BHAVANTU
SARVE SANTU NIRAAMAYA
SARVE BHADRANI PASHYANTU
MA KASCHITH DUKHA MAPNIYA
LOKA SAMASTHA SUKHINO BHAVANTU"

OM, MAY ALL BECOME HAPPY,
MAY ALL BE FREE FROM ILL-NESS,
MAY ALL SEE WHAT IS AUSPICIOUS,
MAY NO ONE SUFFER,
MAY HAPPINESS PREVAIL IN THE ENTIRE WORLD.

With lots of Good Wishes ……. Venugopal