DON’T WORRY, EVERYTHING IS IN CONTROL

Tears welled up in my eyes after I read the news article. It was about a boy(Himanshu) who could have made it big if fate hadn’t planned to cut short his life so early. He was a class-10 student and succumbed to blood cancer just days before the 10 board results were announced. He scored a mighty 87%..The chilling fact about all this was he knew about it all along since his 9th standard!!. Worst of all, his only wish before dying was to know his board results. Unfortunately, he was not alive to see how his super human efforts paid off with flying colours. The article proved very disturbing to me. No matter what I did that day, my mind kept on returning to the same incident. I got very angry. How can God do this to an innocent child like Himanshu??? He hadn’t even started seeing the world. Like every other friend of his, he would have also wished to have a carefree summer vacation.. He would have also wished to dream about his future, wished to make his parents proud, wished to live life to its fullest. But his life was snatched away from him so ruthlessly leaving him with no choice at all. But kudos to him for putting up such a strong fight against the killer disease. But what disturbs me more is he couldn’t even have the satisfaction of knowing that he had won this time. He died with an unfinished purpose in life.
I couldn’t stop myself but cry for this brave boy. How much I wished he were alive till the results were out. What a heart piercing experience it must be for his parents?! Why did God do this to him?? There are so many unworthy humans on this planet who ought to die for the unspeakable deeds they perform. But why Himanshu?
For the first time I realized how powerless we are when it comes to fate. Our fate controls our destiny. It doesn’t make any difference if you have worked for it your whole life or just wiled away your time. You will get what has been decided. I remember one of my friends, brilliant at studies, failed to get admission into his dream institute (the top one in U.S) even after being offered a scholarship (as he scored really great marks in GRE). The reason being his rejected visa, as he couldn’t show the required property! Now he can’t apply for it again till 1 year. What a frustrating experience it was for him! On the other hand, I know of a person who is doing his MBA from a top institute today because his father had money! Such is the ‘Maya’ of this world.
It’s really amazing how we dance to the tunes of fate. Can’t we do anything about it? How can we claim to be an independent individual, independent life when we don’t know what’s going to happen the next second? I may have an accident while going back home from office today, or I may very well win the highest lottery in the country without even applying for it…Anything can happen. Isn’t this a weird world?? Isn’t it frightening that the very thing that controls the various happenings in our life is out of our control??? How naïve is the human being!! And how ignorant is he! Ignorant of the fact that his life is nothing but a combination of some predefined incidents that he is going to enact. And all this while we confidently say “ Don’t worry, everything is in control”!!!