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Writer's pictureM.B. Padmakumar

Everything is decided.

A friend of mine from abroad would meet me when he came home on holidays every year. We sit around, we talk, we eat together. Sometimes sitting in the cold atmosphere of any bar and hanging out with a cold beer. Good friendships are the guardians of our minds. There is so much to talk about, so much to share. The last time he was here, I didn't have much time for such a big meeting because of the hectic schedule of my new project. We decided to meet in a café during a business trip.


Since it is very early in the morning, all stores are just beginning to open. When we searched for a place to talk, we could only find a Fried chicken selling shop around the corner. We both had breakfast so we didn't have to go down there for breakfast. But we went to the shop thinking that we could buy light food and sit down for a while. Twelve pieces of chicken were available at a very low price because it was the day of the offer and we decided to purchase them even if we did not need to have the full. I was thinking we could eat one and pack the rest and use it later. The supplier came in with the chicken bits while we started talking.


When we started eating, I saw a young man walking into the store. The age seems to be about 25. I was watching him while we were eating and talking. With a dirty dress, dirty sandals and a wrapped plastic cover in hand, he came straight in and sat down near a table. As usual, the supplier came with the menu. He looked at all and went away without saying a word. I quickly called him back. When he came to our side, I asked him if he would like to eat the food we bought. He shook his head and seated himself in the chair beside me. I took the remaining chicken pieces to another plate and gave them to him. He didn't say a word, but he ate it all. When he finished the food, he looked at me, smiled and walked away.


My friend and I paid the bill and we got out of the shop. When we got into the car, my friend said that what I did was the highest virtue. Because when the boy came to the store and looked at the menu and he had no money to buy what he wanted, he walked away.


But I did not believe that what I was doing was a great virtue. I told him that we were becoming a cause of his intense desire. According to the shop security guard, the young man used to come to the gate of the chicken shop each day after work. He desperately wanted to eat from there when he couldn't afford it. Today was the day he decided to eat out of here, so he came here. But when the money he had was not sufficient to buy food at the store, he decided to return. But God has already decided to make his wish come true. God, therefore, sent us here to do what he wanted, without our knowing it. My friend patted me on the shoulder and giggled. We bid farewell with great joy with the short meeting.


True, God will fulfil what we desperately want, no matter how impossible. The Almighty will also arrange for someone to send to every one of us to satisfy our intense desires as well.






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Rajaram Narayana Iyer
Rajaram Narayana Iyer
Nov 29, 2020

I presume you narrated the event by yourself on the Facebook page. I am a great admirer of your narration. I strongly believe that every event that happens in our life with/without our knowledge is predetermined. Even the disease that may appear after 40 yrs to any person is also predetermined. I read from articles that by genetic engineering we may be able to alter the foundation for disease; though the end of life by nature is doubtful to be changed.

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