Come clean before the cataclysm
How helpless we are before the hidden and sudden disasters-- both natural and man-made! A bolt of thunder shakes our hearts, a disease suddenly takes away our ease and ultimately drags us to the dark grave, the wall of water powered by quake plays with our lives and dwellings as if we are toys at the hands of nature. The molten lava put a hard layer of death over the lavish lives of Pompeii, then in our time fire lapped up the lives of 3 thousand people at the twin tower, and the resultant violence engulfed millions of lives and properties worth trillions of dollars. Caught unaware, people are dying on land, water and air. Sudden deaths give them no time to repent. But what is most surprising to me is that life goes on. Here it may seem the sun is setting but there it is rising. The zeal for life is indomitable. It seems nothing can tear us from its amorous grip. A short while ago, we were running for life and uttering the name of the Creator but now we are again in the lap of seductive world. Again we indulge in age-old rivalries and political wrangling. Have we no time to ponder our ephemeral pomp and power? Cannot we sit together and hammer our differences out to build a peaceful and prosperous society? It is high time we responded to our conscience and come clean before the cataclysm overpowers us.
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