The Tale of Two Umbrellas.

something that happened the previous week....
In Mumbai, the place where "it rains cats and dogs" would be an understatement and if you are umbrella less, you are in a heck of a trouble. I had managed to survive with a raincoat, post-ponding buying umbrella due to procrastination and one fine day i struck gold.! (i can't give the date, time or location for obvious reasons).

I had observed this nice umbrella for two days, kept open to dry. Two days must be enough for any umbrella to be dried up of any water particles. Since i was umbrella-less (poor me..!) the devil crept inside and said TAKE IT.!!. I thought, not a bad proposition. Since nobody came to claim the umbrella for two days, apparently it was no longer needed. And here was I, for a needy person, God Himself had put the umbrella. Who am I to refuse God's word. So thus i happily took the umbrella.

The same day few of us friends had planned a trip to somewhere (no details). I had kept my heavenly umbrella on the bicycle carrier. We had to catch a bus to reach our destination. When we boarded the bus i realised that i had forgotten the umbrella in the bicycle itself.!! oh no.! No use of turning back (as the bus had already started). thought, let bygones be bygones. and went ahead with the trip. So, when we reached the destination, and were roaming about, God saw upon me again.!! There near a waiting stand was kept an umbrella. The stand was empty. We were wandering about the spot for half an hour or so. No claimers yet. God wanted me not to get wet, i thought. Must obey. So i did what i had to do. Grabbed the umbrella and went ahead with the day.

When we returned, i rushed to see if the umbrella was still there on the cycle. and behold.! it stood there as it had been left. That's two for the day.. I gave one umbrella to another needy friend of mine thinking, maybe God not only cared for me, but also for my friends.