Blessings of God-1

Blessings of God-1

Date- 7th June 2016

It was the first week of June. Monsoon was just there. I and my niece Rutu seated at Aronda market's hotel. As we were quite soaked, we had ordered special Samosa and chai in that famous Shekhr's hotel. It was a great combination of Samosa-chai and rain. 

Oh, we are still alive??? or it's just a dream! How come it's normal? 

I just pinched myself.

Flashback,

Summer vacation was to end, I had booked a ticket to return to Pune from my hometown Aronda. So to bring something from market we were going to market. "It's cloudy, rain is about to come so be careful, go safely, may God will take care of you." As usual, these types of grumpy instructions we got from our elders. We listened to all the instructions from them and I kicked the bike. We were so excited to go because the fact was that going to the market was just a reason, we had planned to go to the Querim beach. 

If we would've said about it to our parents, then we had never got any permission to go from home. Sometimes with a lot of care protective parents makes their children all time cowered and timid. Only to go to the market place of that term we had lived from the house. We were so excited to meet the sea and the first time in life we were doing something adventurous to not knowing parents anything. Aronda is a town blessed with natural beauty situated at boundaries of Goa state. Though the just single line dividing these two states for us Goa and Maharashtra are unique it's our place. At that day in Maharashtra i.e. in Aronda, there is no sign of the rain, the sky is clear. By the speed of the wind and singing songs, we reached Querim beach. Sounds of waves were continuously striking on our ears. At the bike parking, we saw a foreigner's family who was just returned from the beach. At the seashore we both and that family was there. By looking at us that family smile. From there smile they are telling to us how you people lucky to have such a beautiful place close to you. You are such a blessed. Maybe by our homely clothes, they are thinking we are localities from the same town. By parking the bike we go to the Ajoba's temple which is just at seashore.we pray to God and we ran fast at the seashore.

On the crystalline silver sand our legs was making the marks. On that vast streak seashore there was no single person without us. We were experiencing matinee of waves was excited to meet the sea shore eagerly. In front of us, we can see that charm  of sky and sea was unique.Apart the seashore Terekhol fort was standing with pride and umbrella of black cloud was looking glamorous on it. Without talking anything we were just experiencing that peace of natural beauty. We  were not even care about how time was passing by playing with sea water. And suddenly I watch over to the Terekhol fort and Surprising that there was not the fort, I got scared to ask to Rutu where's the fort? With no sense, we had come to the other sight of the sea? That scared me. So suddenly I looked back then at that place Ajoba's temple was still there. But at the fort direction, there was the complete darkness. And the place which, were we stand there was white glint. Within a second that darkness slither to us and on the sea heavy raindrops was starting to fall. Without delayed by taking each other's hand, we ran fast towards the temple. While running I just looked at the back, then I feel like that black cloud and walls of waves was chasing towards us. By taking our soul in fist we reached at the temple and sit on the stairs of the temple. By looking from the stairs we are unable to see that calm sea a time before heavy raindrops was falling and pleasant sounds of the waves now feels like scary demon. Due to the heavy thunder tress on the seashore was falling on each other. We were  first time experience the dreadful live music concert of nature. It feels  like There was the competition between rain and wind Both were not willing to take any setback. For a second I had thought now all are finished this is the last day of my life. At home no one knows where are we, if supposed something wrong happened to us then what will happen at home? By this thought, I got scared and goose bumps come on my entire body. Though I love the sea, but for today I don't want to comprehend in the sea. Time was passing still that massive storm was not taking any chance to stop. Suddenly I told to Rutu, " Rutu, let's go to the home.", She had looked surprisingly to me and said, " Now? In this Strom? We don't have even raincoat and umbrella". At any cost I wanted to go to the home. That time just one thought came in my mind Whenever you found yourself in the middle of massive storm, then don't care about temporary safeguard of raincoat and umbrella just believe in yourself and face that crisis. Again by praying to the god we left that place in a massive storm., From that cloudy roads I was driving bike. By balancing the bike in wind speed and taking sharp raindrops on the body we had crossed the Goa border and reached to Aronda market place. But there are no any raindrops at that place. We both are totally wet, so people from Market was looking at us, peoplew who know us asking what happened to you?  Why you are so wet?

From that day  I understand one thing from that tremendous storm, muddy roads, heavy rain we reached safely to the home not by my driving skills, but our parents always prays for us, gives blessings to us, it sometimes feels like Gaby and superstitious. But that day we saved by such prayers and blessings.  There was no one to help us, but some invisible energy from nature was helping us to reach safely to home. And gives us a lifetime unforgettable lesson.

It's God's Blessings

By -Ms. Samiksha Shridhar Kerkar