{"id":1102,"date":"2020-04-28T19:49:57","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T19:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chandamama.in\/story\/?p=1102"},"modified":"2020-04-28T19:49:59","modified_gmt":"2020-04-28T19:49:59","slug":"dont-wait-for-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chandamama.in\/story\/2020\/04\/28\/dont-wait-for-rain\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t wait for Rain"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once, Lord Indra got upset with Farmers, he announced there will be no rain for 12 years &amp; you won\u2019t be able to produce crops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pexels.com\/photos\/1530423\/pexels-photo-1530423.jpeg?auto=compress&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;h=750&amp;w=1260\" alt=\"Silhouette and Grayscale Photography of Man Standing Under the Rain\" width=\"535\" height=\"356\"\/><figcaption>Rain &#8211; pexels.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Farmers begged for clemency from Lord Indra , who then said , Rain will be possible only if Lord Shiva plays his Damru. But he secretly requested Lord Shiva not to agree to these Farmers &amp; when Farmers reached Lord Shiva he repeated the same thing that he will play Damru after 12 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Disappointed Farmers decided to wait till 12 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But one Farmer regularly was digging, treating &amp; putting manure in the soil &amp; sowing the seeds even with no crop emerging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other Farmers were making fun of that Farmer . After 3 years all Farmers asked that Farmer why are you wasting your time n energy when you know that rains will not come before 12 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He replied \u201cI know that crop won\u2019t come out but I\u2019m doing it as a matter of \u201cpractice\u201d. After 12 years I will forget the process of growing crops and working in the field so I must keep it doing so that I\u2019m fit to produce the crop the moment there is rain after 12 years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hearing his argument Goddess Parvati praised his version before Lord Shiva &amp; said \u201cYou may also forget playing the Damru after 12 years!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pexels.com\/photos\/1476091\/pexels-photo-1476091.jpeg?auto=compress&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;h=750&amp;w=1260\" alt=\"Person in Green Grass Field\" width=\"549\" height=\"366\"\/><figcaption>Farmer &#8211; pexels.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The innocent Lord Shiva in his anxiety just tried to play the Damru, to check if he could\u2026.and hearing the sound of Damru immediately there was rain and the farmer who was regularly working in the field got his crop emerged immediately while others were disappointed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is the practice which keeps on making you perfect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We become even diseased or old just because we don\u2019t practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Practice is the essence of quality survival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, let lockdown lift after 2 weeks, 2 months or 2 years. Whatever trade or profession we are in, keep sharpening our skills, practice with what we have, upgrade our knowledge. Practice yr trade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Don\u2019t wait for rain , that is the lock down to be lifted and then start something\u2026 focus on our skills today, up yr skill level so that you are ready to meet the challenges head &nbsp;on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>Once, Lord Indra got upset with Farmers, he announced there will be no rain for 12 years &amp; you won\u2019t be able to produce crops.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,50],"tags":[334,13,309,524,374,402],"class_list":["post-1102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-for-a-smile","tag-covid-19","tag-english","tag-english-short-story","tag-lord-indra","tag-moral-story","tag-short-story"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chandamama.in\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chandamama.in\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chandamama.in\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chandamama.in\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chandamama.in\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1102"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.chandamama.in\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1103,"href":"https:\/\/www.chandamama.in\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1102\/revisions\/1103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chandamama.in\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chandamama.in\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chandamama.in\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}