GOD AND THE SOLDIER : DO WE REMEMBER THEM ONLY IN TIMES OF NEED???

                                 IS OUR ATTITUDE RIGHT??

• God and  Soldier are the ones who protect us in life, one guides us from our birth to death and the other protects us in times of war. Here I move forward with the belief that there is a supernatural power called GOD who is at the centre of everything.
• Now I present to you an anonymous poem which depicts the general tendency of people towards God and the Soldier.

                                                     God and the Soldier
                                                         All men adore
                                                      In times of trouble,
                                                         And no more;
                                                      For when war is over
                                                      And all things righted,
                                                        God is neglected -
                                                   The old Soldier slighted.

            Does this poem really depict the "REAL" attitude of people??
When we consider this in the larger scenario, I personally feel it correctly depicts our thankless attitude in majority of the cases towards God and the soldier with few exceptions here and there. I may be wrong but this is what I feel.

GOD:

• Everyday,we pray to him to give us all the comforts in life and also a life without many difficulties, it is the general tendency of most of the people. But, as we all know, we are bound to face difficulties in life and when they come across, we are at his feet praying for answers and solutions.
• If we assume that God has shown us the way to solve our problems and if we have successfully come out of difficult situations then DO WE REMEMBER HIM WHEN WE ARE IMMERSED IN GLORY??? DOES THE THOUGHT OF THANKING HIM CROSS OUR MIND??

SOLDIER:

• Now consider the case of a soldier. A soldier protects his country and its people from enemies. He personally does not have any relationship with millions of his own countrymen. But then, he is still willing to sacrifice his life for his people. He leaves his family, friends and lives in border area in order to safeguard us. And sometimes in doing so he loses his life.

DO WE MIND THEIR UNCONDITIONAL SACRIFICES?? DO WE VALUE THEM?? DO WE REMEMBER THEM??

MY THOUGHT:

• When we consider the first(GOD) situation, there are some people who sincerely pray and thank god after achieving success. And there are some people who thank god out of fear that something wrong might happen if we do not thank him. And there are others who never thank him.

                             ARE WE TRUE IN OUR WORSHIP?
It's up to the individual to decide whether he is true in his worship or not.

• When we consider the second(SOLDIER) situation, the poor soldier never gets the credit or recognition he deserves. There are only a few who remember and value their sacrifices. The larger section of people doesn't even know his name. This brings me to a question :

                           HAVE WE BECOME TOO  SELF-CENTERED??

The answer is YES. Most of us have become too self-centered to such an extent where we forget their sacrifices in a very short span of time.
The conclusion I want to draw out here is
                                            BE GRATEFUL TO GOD!
                              SALUTE THE SOLDIERS! 
and remember them in times of trouble and also when the trouble disappears as a result of their contribution.

WHAT WE HAVE TO DO??

"GIVE THEM CREDIT AND VALUE THEIR ROLES IN OUR LIVES!"