Puppets

“All the world is stage and men actors” – William Shakespeare.
At one stage or other we feel that we are simply puppets in the hands of unseen Supreme. But in general we think we are responsible for our destiny. Success gives us strength and we start playing god and feel we are above nature. We start dictating terms. Our ego becomes big and we feel that we can never do certain activity which is against our pride. In due course, when we have to face trying situations, we once again realize that we are, after all, puppets under "Nature's" direction.
A few days ago a great Telugu actor’s son died in a tragic accident. It’s painful to any parent to see the offspring succumb to death at young age. The father and son duo acted recently in a movie. As appeared in the news, in that movie they played the role of father and son. In the movie there was a scene where the son dies and father has to light the funeral pyre of the son. The famous versatile actor simply refused to do that and it was enacted by the dupe. This reflects the love and attachment he has for his only son. He could not even think of such thing happening even in his dreams. But ‘Nature’ was so harsh to him for its best reasons; it snatched his son in a tragic accident and made him cremate his son. What had gone in the mind of this actor at that time only ‘God’ knows. But it is a pathetic situation for any parent.