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