FACTS ABOUT LIFE

Isn't it strange how a 20 rupee note seems like such a large amount
when you donate it to temple,
but such a small amount
when you go shopping?

Isn't it strange how 2 hours seem so long
when you're at temple,
and how short they seem
when you're watching a good movie?

Isn't it strange that you can't find a word to say
when you're praying,
but you have no trouble thinking
what to talk about with a friend?

Isn't it strange how difficult and boring it is to read
one chapter of the Bhagwad Gita,
but how easy it is to read
100 pages of a popular novel ?

Isn't it strange how everyone wants front-row-tickets
to concerts or games,
but they do whatever is possible
to sit at the last row in Jagran?

Isn't it strange how difficult it is to learn a fact about God
and to share it with others,
but how easy it is
to learn, understand, extend and repeat gossip?

Isn't it strange how we need to know about an event for temple
2-3 weeks before the day so that we can include it in our agenda,
but we can adjust it for other events
in the last minute?

Isn't it strange how we believe everything
that magazines and newspapers say,
but we question
the words in the Bhagwad Gita?

Isn't it strange how everyone wants
a place in heaven,
but they don't want
to believe, do, or say anything to get there?

Isn't it strange how we send jokes in e-mails
and they are forwarded right away,
but when we are going to send messages about God
we think about it twice before we share it with others?

IT'S STRANGE, ISN'T IT?