7th June 2025
Always remember that our blessings are not ours alone, nor due to our prayers alone but the result of someone, somewhere praying for us.
Just to illustrate, I shall like to share a true story someone shared with me.
“There is a cafe near my house which is mostly full of customers & we invariably have to wait.
I have noticed many times that a person comes & takes advantage of the crowd & after eating, secretly leaves without paying.
One day while he was eating, I informed the owner that this person takes advantage of the rush & leave without paying the bill.
Listening to me, the cafe owner started smiling and said, “let him go without saying anything to him & that we will talk about it later.”
As usual that person after having breakfast, looked around & taking advantage of the crowd quietly slipped away.
After he left, I now asked the owner of the place to tell me why he had let the man go without paying, why did he ignore this man’s action ?
The answer given by the owner uplifted, awakened, and changed my entire opinion about humanity and the real meaning of life.
He told me that I am not alone, many people have noticed him & have told him about it.
He said that the man sits in front of the shop & whenever he sees that it is crowded, he sneaks in, eats & leaves without paying.
The cafe owner further added, ‘I always ignore it, never stop him, never catch him nor ever tried to disrespect him because I think that the rush in the cafe is due to the prayer of this person.
He sits in front of the cafe & keeps praying that there is a rush, so that, then he could quickly go in, eat & leave.
And surely enough there is always a rush when he comes in.’
The owner said that, maybe my Cafe is always crowded due to his prayers.
Hence, this is something that he will always ignore and will always let him eat food & will never disrespect him by catching him!
I was left speechless with this explanation, full of gratitude
and it made me realise the power of prayers.
Regardless of the motive of the prayers of that person, it made me think about how we react to situations.
A positive outlook is what we all need.
We shouldn’t even try to understand God’s strange way of helping or blessing us.
God knows what/ how/ when/ where to send us his blessings.
I left that place that day and made a promise that I will look at every experience in life, good, bad, sad with a positive attitude.”
Our blessings are not due to our efforts alone, someone somehere has definitely prayed for us.
Today, reciprocate it by praying for others & wishing well being & good fortune for them.
Hence when you pray, don’t seek blessings for yourself alone but for all your family and friends & well wishers and stay blessed forever.