I admit that I didn’t have the ability to save all
those dying in the war just sitting on my couch in the
dining room; but the best I could do was to sincerely
pray to God in my mind; to save the innocent from
brutal atrocity and death,
I admit that I didn’t have the ability to predict what
was going on behind the solid brick wall; but the best
I could do was to try and evacuate; the person trapped
therein; scared and petrified to the last bone down
his spine; in an ambience enveloped with stinging
scorpion and black cockroach,
I admit that I didn’t have the ability to perceive
whether it would be my wife or a complete stranger as
I hoisted the telephone receiver; but the best I could
do was to patiently listen; and then retort back with
the most consummate answers that came to my
conscience,
I admit that I didn’t have the ability to cognize as
to what depths would I strike water beneath the soil;
but the best I could do was to tenaciously plough the
same using both my hands; till the time my
perspiration yielded those crystalline droplets I was
so frantically searching for; to pacify my thirst,
I admit that I didn’t have the ability to contemplate
upon the exact number of apples hidden within the
dense foliage of the gigantic tree; but the best I
could do was to sedulously clamber up the same;
dexterously use my fingers and thumb to nimbly pluck
them; before consuming them with unprecedented gusto
and relish,
I admit that I didn’t have the ability to envisage the
number of humans which the diabolical shark had chewed
up alive; but the best I could do was warn as many
people as possible whom I encountered on the beach;
about the staying away from the perilous sea; and
keeping their eyes open and wide for the big fish,
I admit that I didn’t have the ability to meticulously
visualize the color of the cloth stashed in the
godown's; but the best I could do was to onerously
rummage through all the piles one by one; in search of
that perfect fabric I had always dreamt of,
I admit that I didn’t have the ability to
prognosticate as to who would be the first individual
I would confront when commencing the first hour of my
morning; but the best thing I could do was greet him
with a smile and congenially say 'Good Morning',
I admit that I didn’t have the ability to recite the
exact percentage of obnoxious gases circulating
perniciously in the atmosphere; but the best I could
do was to grow a new tree every day; in order to
blissfully exist and protect the environment,
I admit that I didn’t have the ability to immediately
quote the name of the author who had written the
scriptures which were more than a thousand years old;
but the best I could do was to scrupulously read
through his verse; pay my homage and due admiration to
him for the pearls he had embossed,
I admit that I didn’t have the ability to decipher
what exactly the mad man was saying; as he kept
opening his mouth without the slightest of sound; but
the best I could do was to help him express his ideas
better; endeavor to understand the essence of the
agony; that he might have been going through,
I admit that I didn’t have the ability to forecast as
to whether it would rain or not; but the best I could
do was to assist my fellow beings afflicted with
bizarre drought; disseminate surplus water accumulated
in my backyard to as far and distant as I could; along
with softly praying to the creator,
I admit that I didn’t have the ability to predict the
exact second of the day; without even looking at my
watch; but the best I could do was to gauge the hour
with the rising positions of the Sun & Moon; thereby
carry on my activities incessantly without any
negligence,
I admit that I didn’t have the ability to imagine as
to how much cash was stored in the villagers account;
but the best I could do was to safeguard it at the
cost of my life; standing tall like a formidable
fortress in the path of the evil and satanic eye,
I admit that I didn’t have the ability to prudently
discern the nature of an individual only a few seconds
after I met him; but the best I could do was to
establish an amicable relationship with him over a
period of time; accept his pro's and con's as a part
of erring humanity; and progressing life,
I admit that I didn’t have the ability to accurately
count all the blades of grass protruding from the
fields; but the best I could do was to free a
battalion of cows and famished sheep into the same;
allow them to have the time of their lives,
I admit that I didn’t have the ability to know whether
the milk I was about to gulp had traces of lethal
poison in it or not; but the best I could do was to
swallow it down my throat with my eyes blindfolded; if
someone offered it to me with loads of empathy and
love in his heart,
I admit that I didn’t have the ability to comprehend
what was lingering in her eyes; but the best I could
do was to wholesomely blend with the flames of her
romance; intermingle my breath completely in the swirl
of her love,
And I admit that I didn’t have the ability to
precisely speak out my destiny; intricately know as to
what event was going to unveil before my eyes at what
time; but the best I could do was to execute each
activity of my life with stupendous fervor;
Try and help as many people as I could in the
remaining years of my future set apart by Almighty
Lord; and lead life to its fullest possible; every
day; every hour; every minute; every second….
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