What the little ant can teach you..

This is the age of hardships and misery, treachery and dishonesty- the Kaliyuga. Does it mean that evil would triumph over Goodness? Temporarily, it appears so. But the name Kali yuga itself has a meaning that its the age of Kali, the destructor of evil. Evilness flourishes to teach humans the temptation, yielding and suffering and finally God eliminates Evil and emerges as Bramathma- victorious, imposing and guiding. He accepts and purifies the humble men who worship His lotus feet.
Once upon a time lived a Guru with his Shisyas. One of his shisyas wanted to know the secret of success, of how God enables some people to achieve tremendous success. He repeatedly asked his Guru the explanation of why some people can do it and others cant? The Guru maintained silence. Once as they walked along a forest they came across a line of ants carrying a grain to the top of an ant hill on a mountain. The Guru pointed it to his shisya and asked him to observe how a little ant can climb a mountain. The guru then told him to askhis question to the ant and then come back to him. The shisya asked the ant how it was able to climb a mountain. The puzzled ant asked him, 'which mountain? I just see this little grain I carry and I see the one step forward I ought to take'. The humbled shisya went back to his Guru and related the ant's answers.
The Guru smiled and told him that the grain is our responsibility in our lives- as a parent, child, employer or employee. The faith in God shows you the first step. This is all you need to reach the top, nothing more'. The shisya was satisfied with his response.