Man should not die like a cat or a dog.
He should leave the world better and happier
than when he came into it.
He must get away, full of gratitude
for the chance given to him to see
God in everything that he saw, touched, smelled and tasted.
He must remember the Lord with his last breath.
To get that recollection, a lifetime of practice is needed.
When you are at the steering wheel,
you may be hearing the talk going on
inside the car and even join in it;
you may be doing many things,
but your attention will always be on the road ahead.
When the mother returns from
the well with three pots one over the other on her head,
talking to her companions, her mind is concentrated on
the baby in the cradle which she has left at home.
So too, when you are engaged
in the various duties and obligations of the world,
never allow your attention to stray away from God, the Goal.
Be always attentive to the signs of His Glory
and His Mercy and His Omnipresence.
Cultivate the habit of remembering the Lord
with every breath; then only can you remember Him with the last breath.
divinely sent
