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Do Not Close The Doors To Miracles

I read a story of a village chieftain who met Guru Gobind Singhji and took Him around the village which was in abject poverty. The Guru looked around and exclaimed-"How beautiful these trees are full of mangoes and fruits!" The chief looked around the barren land and thought how silly this Guru was! How could He talk this way when there aren't any shrubs either! Then the Guru looked at a patch of grass and exclaimed"How lush these fields are!" The chieftain knew then the Guru had gone mad. He gave a scornful look at Gobind singhji and told Him that there are no such dream lands here. The Guru looked at the chief and told him that if only he could have had a little belief in Him, the fields would have been lush right then and there would be trees laden with fruits. But by showing disbelief in the Guru, he had stopped the universe acting on it. After the chieftain died the place turned into an oasis full of mango trees and lush green fields of Basmati rice. Today