Every day early morning a little girl would come to the temple & stand before the idol, close her eyes & with folded hands, murmur something for a couple of minutes.
Then she would open her eyes, bow down, smile and go out running. This was a daily affair.
The temple Poojari was observing her & was curious about what she was doing. He thought, she is too young to know the deeper meanings of religion, she would hardly know any prayers. But then what was she doing every morning in the temple?
Fifteen days passed, Poojari now couldn’t resist but to find out more about her behaviour.
One morning, the Poojari reached there before the girl & was waiting for her to complete her ritual.
He placed his hand on her head and said, “My child, I have seen since the last fifteen days that you come here regularly. What do you do?”
“I pray,” She said spontaneously.
“Do you know any prayers?” asked the Poojari with some suspicion in his voice.
“…No” Replied the girl.
"Then what are you doing closing your eyes, every day?” he smiled.
*Very innocently the girl said:“I do not know any prayer, but I know "a,b,c,d….up to z." 'I recite it five times' and tell God that, "I don’t know your prayer, but it cannot be outside of these alphabets." Please arrange the alphabets as you wish and that is my prayer.”*
And then she ran, jumping on her way out. The Poojari stood there dumbstruck, staring at her for a long time as she disappeared running in the wilderness.
This indeed is an UNCONDITIONAL belief in God.
No matter in what form or language you pray, God will listen. All you need to do is believe.
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