In English
There is a small story. There used to be a music scholar. Daily he used to gather a few children and teach them music. In his house there used to be a good custom. This was that his wife would not eat until he came into the house. And after he came to the house, they would eat together. But as the examinations came near, he used to spend more time in teaching music to the students and giving them practice lessons. The teacher who normally would come back at 2 o’clock did not turn up till 4 o’clock on one day. The wife was hungry. However, she would not like to break their usual tradition. In this process she also got a little excited. By about 4:00 o’clock, as the husband returned home, she kept a little water and soap, a bowl and a bucket and asked him to have a quick wash and come so that they could eat food together as usual. In the hurry which the wife was indicating, he took a pot of water, washed his face and put the soap on his face. When he put soap on his face and without knowing put the pot into the well, the pot slipped and fell into the well. Somehow he cleaned his face and opened his eyes and found that the pot and the rope were both in the well. As soon as the pot and the rope fell into the well, be began to sing, and appeal to the Lord by saying, “Oh Lord, the responsibility to look after me is Yours.” The wife went there to remind him that he should come quickly and he continued to sing without paying any attention to the wife, again saying, “Oh Lord, the responsibility to look after me is Yours.” When the wife saw that the pot and the rope were both in the well, she reprimanded the husband and said, “If you keep on singing in this manner, without making any effort to retrieve the rope and the pot but putting the entire responsibility on the Lord, how is the pot going to come out? You must make your effort to get the pot out of the well.” Although man has got certain types of strength and abilities in him, he should not depend solely on worldly power and strength. He should make his attempts and seek to strengthen his attempts by winning God’s grace for himself.