Suddenly he saw a group of people in white clothes, they were carrying
a body. He asked a passer by what's all the fuss about. He told him
someone had died. He had seen such a thing for the first time in his
life. A current of fear ran through his whole body .He was aghast and
he trembled with fear .His eyes were frozen and he was dumbstruck.
He ran towards his house and hugged his mother tightly and narrated
the whole incident to her and asked her what death was to which she
replied in plain words that it was a natural phenomenon and every
creature who comes on this earth has to die. He said then what's the
use of life if we have to die. She asked him not to to worry so much
and asked him to go to sleep.
The mystery was not leaving him and even followed him in his dreams
where he had a meeting with God, obviously the only question he asked
Why do you give us life if you have to take it back?
God said my dear son what happens when you go to a birthday party. He
said that I give a gift to my friend along with good wishes and
blessings, we enjoy a lot and at the end he gives a return gift and we
accept it with thanks.
God smiled and replied "Same is the case here my son, life is a gift
which I give to you on your birth along with my blessings and death is
the return gift which I take back from you so instead of worrying
about the return gift enjoy and utilize the gift which I have bestowed
upon you and be ready to give me the return gift with a thanks.
Ramu felt relaxed and rejuvenated with energy because he had
understood the mystery of life and death and from that day onwards he
pledged not to waste even a single moment of his precious life.
