Foolish Angel Part 1

The day was bright with the sun shining high in the sky. A bald, fair skinned, thin and short man, wearing ragged and torn clothes, his face looking pale, wrinkles on his forehead; was sleeping on a sidewalk of an empty street. Beside him was a wall stained with ‘paan’ and dust.


Suddenly, chants of God’s name could be heard from afar. The man sleeping on the sidewalk was not disturbed by it, but the wall near him opened its eyes to see where the noise was coming from. The chants grew louder and 4 people, wearing festive clothes and one of them carrying a Ganpati idol; could be seen walking near the same street. All of them were chanting in chorus “Ganpati Bappa Moraya!” As the chanters passed through the lane where the man was sleeping, the wall was staring at them in anger. Soon the chanters passed and silence filled the street. “Look at these people chanting God’s name for no reason. Who is this God? None of them have seen him in reality and yet they praise him. What has he done to make their lives better?” The Wall asked in a harsh voice. The man opened his eyes. He stood up, stretched his hands out and turned to face The Wall. “Oh have you got up to answer my questions? You can hear me my friend?” The Wall asked the man. The man put his pants down and relieved himself on The Wall. “STOP IT! Don’t use me as a toilet you idiot! I thought you were going to answer my question! I thought you could hear me! Stop!” The Wall shouted. The man unperturbed then said, “Oh God!” He then puts his pants on and sat on the sidewalk. “Is that your God? I must say it really is terrible to call that a God!” The Wall said. The man was unperturbed by The Wall’s voice. “I knew you couldn’t hear me. But who will answer my questions about God?” The Wall thought. “Maybe I should call for your God and ask who He is.” The Wall said. It looked up in the sky and then shouted,” God help me! Please God help me!”

The sounds of a bird’s wings flapping were heard. A tall, brown skinned, sturdily built, curly haired man, wearing a black suit and tie with bright white wings on his back; stood in front of the wall. “What is it that you need my friend?” the man asked in a deep voice. “Are you God?” The Wall asked. “No I am Ram, an angel and a messenger of God. He has important work to handle.” Ram said. “So I am not important because I am a non-living being. Am I not His own creation?” asked The Wall. “You are His creation my friend but if you need any help you can tell me. I will help you on his behalf.” ”These humans are an abomination. They only care about themselves and to fulfill their needs they will do anything just like this man, who relieved on me. They even use God’s name for this purpose even when they haven’t seen him. Please, you must stop them and make them realize their foolishness.” The Wall said. “It’s true there are some humans who are greedy and even use God’s name to fulfill their greed; but that doesn’t all of them are greedy and that the greedy ones always get what they want. There are good humans too and these humans will always triumph and get what they deserve.” Ram said. “Is it so? Then why is this beggar still not getting what he deserves. I am angry on him for his actions right now, but he is still a good human. Did he deserve this?” The Wall asked. Ram looked at the beggar beside him who didn’t seem to know Ram’s presence and even have the slightest idea that Ram is having a conversation with The Wall. “This man has lost his will. He has given up on improving on himself and feels that this is his fate. He doesn’t want to work hard and it is also the only reason why he is in this situation.” Ram said. “Then wouldn’t you want to help him? Would you guide him in his path? You surely want to help this good human, don’t you?” The Wall asked. Ram looked at The Wall and said, “Yes, I will help this man. But I will guide him for a moment. After that he will be able to guide himself to success.” said Ram. With his divine power, Ram entered the beggar’s body. The beggar then looked at The Wall and smiled.

What will Ram do next? How will he guide the beggar and prove The Wall that the good always triumph? Stay tuned for the next blog.

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