This is a story of not so long ago
When I wasn’t so smart, but thought I was so
One day I sat down, with paper and pen
To chart out my future from now to then
I listed out all the things that I wanted to do
Smiled, as I imagined myself doing a few
Charted out my future in great detail
Smugly thinking to myself “Now I can’t fail!”
Prepared I was, for life on paper
Unprepared I was, for life’s capers
Because I honestly didn’t have a clue
That while you’re busy making plans, LIFE happens to you!
All of my plans went for a toss
For I had forgotten who was the real boss
Life happened to me while I wasn’t looking
I never realized what God had for me cooking
So many surprises he had for me in store
Much more than I wanted, and then some more!
So this is my story, Ladies and Gentlemen
This is me now, very different from how I was then
I do my work down here; leave the rest to the Big Man
For haven’t you heard….
“If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans”
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Right… Right… Life happens and the plans go into dustbin. But then, if everything happened as planned, life wouldn’t be so adventurous and exciting
Loved to see your poetic side too
Got me chuckles with the idea of making Gods laugh, Mayuri!
Delightfully light and yet so profound. Read and re read!
– Anagha From Team MocktailMommies
Hahaa that last line- if you want to make god laugh,tell him your plans.
Amazing brain you have got mayuri!
I love the new mast head. Brilliant 🙂
God always has plans for us, even when we are busy making a different set of plans..he/she doesn’t fail to surprise us. 🙂
I started my day reading your witty poem. It brought a big smile to my face. Glad to begin the day with this smile.
lovely thought beautiful lines thanks for sharing
That’s so true, Mayuri. Who are we to plan? It’s all in his hands. Love the rhyming!
Haha. True that. When our plans fail, there is always something better from God when we open up to him. I guess God must be in a fit of laughter seeing all our plans ❤️ Lovely post Mayuri.
Lovely read as always! Man proposes god disposes!
Beautifully penned – life is unpredictable for sure. Take it as it comes,rightly said – leaving all to Big Man 🙂
That was simply amazing, Mayuri! So loved the way you have strung the words together.
And, you are so right…God sure has plans up His sleeve he never lets us know…HE springs a surprise on us when we are looking elsewhere! Best to just take one day at a time, focus on the work at hand and leave the rest to that Big Guy!
Very nicely planned.
Above all destiny matters.
Such a lovely way to say the most important thing that we fail to realise in life, Mayuri. ‘Life happens to us when we aren’t looking.’
Lovely poem. God definitely has plans for us. All we need to do is keep working with faith in Him.
Love these wise words which rhyme so well.
God’s plans for us are different from what we plan for ourselves, but they say that HIS plans are the best though we usually do not agree with that 🙂
This is fantastically penned, Mayuri! And I agree that HIS plans are the best for us.
I have experienced that miracles happen when you are not watching. And it is the best to tell your plans to God and forget. They will happen in their time.
A child asked God if everything is already written in our Destiny then why pray?
God smiled and said may be in few places I have written ‘As You Wish’ 🙂
Beautifully penned. Yes God has some different plans than us but I guess he moulds us for better.
Cheers
MeenalSonal from AuraOfThoughts