EITHER WAY
(by Sain Sucha)
How is it?
Are you the best of all creation
by the wisest of all Deities?
The One who is all knowing,
profound and flawless
The One who endowed you with the ability to
think, speak, sing, run, dance and climb
bestowed upon you the feelings of
compassion, anger; pleasure, pain;
empathy, animosity, love and hate
and the moral consciousness to distinguish good from evil
Did He give these gifts to you
that you waste them by negligence or disuse
Or did He give them to you
that you put them to the best use you can?
To
think astutely, speak sensibly
sing soothingly, run dashingly
dance like a peacock and climb every mountain
respond to other’s pain by acts of compassion
To
praise and savour His gifts!
Or
Are you the best result of all evolution?
The finest example of progress
That started
with amino acids transforming into life
a journey of many million years
started by the simple amoeba
and leading to the present day You
During this journey you learnt to
think, speak, sing, run, dance and climb
realized how to feel and react to
compassion, anger; pleasure, pain;
empathy, animosity, love and hate
and the ethical awareness to distinguish right from wrong
Did you achieve all that
to waste it by becoming passive reliant beings
Or did you work for all that
to proceed further in times to come
To
think wisely, speak genuinely
sing into ecstasy, run so you fly
dance into a whirlwind and climb beyond the stars
respond to all that needs your assistance
To
rejoice and appreciate your accomplishments
So whatever your origin
– creation of a deity
– result of evolution
Do not wait for miracles or messiahs
Nor for chances or mutations
When you tread your path –
perform conscientiously for that what you believe
Praise your Lord, if you have faith in one
by implementing His gifts in daily life
Or
Thank Life, if that is what you trust
by relishing it to the fullest