The rain gods had been smiling the whole night. The roads were muddy and the potholes were filled to the brim. It was the day for the market and Raju the farmer was riding his cart along the country road. He had to reach the market early so that he can sell his hay. It was very difficult for the horses to drag the load through the deep mud. On his journey suddenly the wheels of the horse cart sank into the mire.
The more the horses pulled, the deeper the wheel sank. Raju climbed down from his seat and stood beside his cart. He searched all around but could not find anyone around to help him. Cursing his bad luck, he looked dejected and defeated. He didn’t make the slightest effort to get down on the wheel and lift it up by himself. Instead, he started cursing his luck for what happened. Looking up at the sky, he started shouting at God, “I am so unlucky! Why has this happened to me? Oh God, come down to help me.”
After a long wait, God finally appeared before Raju. He asked Raju, “Do you think you can move the chariot by simply looking at it and whining about it? Nobody will help you unless you make some effort to help yourself. Did you try to get the wheel out of the pothole by yourself? Get up and put your shoulder to wheel and you will soon find the way out.”
Raju was ashamed of himself. He bent down and put his shoulder to the wheel and urged on the horses. In no time the wheel was out of the mire. Raju learned his lesson. He thanked God and carried on his journey happily.
Moral: God helps those who help themselves.
May 24, 2016 at 11:19 pm
It is true that god helps those who help themselves bcoz the more u do hard work the more u will get result
June 10, 2016 at 8:05 pm
It’s a fact if we ll become lazy how ll god help us?
June 15, 2016 at 5:06 am
thank u
July 3, 2016 at 6:26 am
nice story for me
August 1, 2016 at 5:06 am
it was not so nice but it was good
August 14, 2016 at 10:31 am
This is story is good bcause the if farmers are lazy so what you learn from farmer
September 3, 2016 at 9:40 am
its a nice story
September 3, 2016 at 9:42 am
its a nice story best story awesome story
September 9, 2016 at 10:14 am
thanks Rajan for the sharing.
October 26, 2016 at 9:40 pm
Great Story!