Situation Vacant

One day when GOD was in a very light mood he asked his secretary to draft an ad of Situation Vacant.The secretary was surprised and with a little apprehension asked GOD if she was being retired.GOD had a hearty laugh and told her not to worry and her job with HIM was safe.

"No..dear, I just want to hire someone from earth to look after my interests there.It has become very tiring for me to keep answering prayers and attending to them every day.I sometimes find myself in dilemma.Believe me I have not slept for ages after I created Earth, Adam and Eve."

So the secretary drafted a situation vacant ad and showed it to GOD. It read " Vacancy exists for an assistant to GOD.Basic qualification required are none and the selection will depend entirely on the interview.There is no place and date being mentioned. GOD will himself call on the persons selected to be interviewed " The ad was published on the sky for everyone living on earth to see.

The next morning all people living on earth were surprised to see the ad on the sky.But everyone was in a dilemma to understand how will they be selected by the GOD No one could know where to find him since no address was given.Over a period of few days they tried very hard but failed to locate GOD After about a month finally GOD selected five people randomly and decided to interview them.That night HE visited each one of them in their dreams.After discussing their credentials he asked only one final question.The question was " Tell me what have you done to please me ?"

The first candidate said " I went to the temple ,washed you,adorened you with new clothes ,offered you fruits & sweets and worshipped you with all my sincerity" GOD just smiled and visited the second,the third and the fourth candidates also in their dreams and asked them the same question. Their replies were almost similar to the first. This time GOD laughed to his heart content but said nothing.Finally HE visited the fifth candidate .The fifth candidate replied " Dear Father, I am really sorry I have done nothing to please you.You know my family did not have food to eat for the last two days and the children were crying with hunger.My old parents live with me. I do not have any work but seeing the plight of my family I went out and cleaned the temple .The pujari there gave me some leftover food. When I reached home my parents,wife and children were very happy and we sat down to eat.The moment we did so, there was a beggar who came knocking for food.I felt unhappy seeing his hunger and offered him some of the food from our own ,whatever, we had." Hearing his answer GOD woke him up and blessed him for clearing the interview and said to him " My dear son, when you feel the pain and suffering of the other soul and serve them with pure heart as your own then by default you please me.This is more than enough for me.I bless you and will wait for you with open arms once you serve your time here. I want you to keep serving others as you serve your own.You will never have dearth of anything from this day"

There is always a "Situation Vacant" in this world which GOD has created.Filling that vacancy depends entirely on us.The only qualifications required for this job is selflessness,compassion and gratitude.The timings are flexible and the work which you want to do is to be selected by you.And you know one thing which is the greatest.There is no recession here so there is no fear to loose your job.

Sanjiv Gupta

Creator Merrigold