Something I Look At -92 Poem by Smruti Ranjan Mohanty

A LOOK AT LIFE-92
BY - SMRUTI RANJAN MOHANTY

HELP YOURSELF

Be happy
When someone in need calls you.
Be happy
When someone needs you,
needs your help, wants you to be with him
in his moments of agony and distress.

Be with him when you feel
he is truly in need.

Let your mind and body, eyes and ears,
heart and soul dance in quiet joy—
God has given you
one more opportunity to serve Him.

To see and feel Him in all His manifestations,
His creation right in front of you.
Don't miss it.

Feel with all your heart that none else but
the Almighty is asking for your service.
Serve Him with your heart and mind.

If your God is only in heaven,
you may be deceiving yourself.
See God standing in front of you.

If you do not see God in His creations,
there is no other God for you.

Feel happy
that you are of some use to someone.

If you have the means,
help him with love and humility.

Never let him feel
you are the lone saviour
working out his salvation—
that will poison the very elixir of help.

Be modest while helping others;
otherwise, do not help.

If you lament later for helping someone,
refrain from it—
your help will become too heavy
for them to carry and bear.

To help someone is not easy;
it must rise from the heart,
reflected in your attitude,
in thoughts, words, and deeds.

Fortunate are those
whose hearts cry for life
in sorrow and distress,
who go all out to help them
even in the face of death.

A silent hand extended in compassion
is often the truest prayer to the Divine.

If you are for others,
others will be for you, and
life will be full and fulfilling.

After all, we are manifestations
of the same consciousness
pervading the whole universe.

By helping others,
we help none but ourselves—

for in serving another soul,
we quietly serve the same Divine within us.

Smruti Ranjan Mohanty©
India
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