Timely Actions....

A King was good, Ruling well but was never acting in time.... Further he was too emotional in his approach.... These were the only weaknesses with him but delays and emotions were playing havoc in his Ruling indirectly....

Once he got a confirmed message from his Assistants that one of his Army Chiefs was indirectly ruling himself partly as a dictator and troubling people.... And the King decided to end him…. Indeed, a good decision….

He took his trusted Men and made a surprise visit to the Army Chief’s place.... When he saw him from a distance, the Chief was found praying to God.... The King thought, “If I kill him now, he will go to Heaven.... What is the use of ending him now?  Let me wait....” He left him thus at that moment and returned….

Next time, on another occasion he made an attempt to end the Chief but found him playing with his own little son.... The King thought, “If I kill him now, I’ll incur a great sin....” He left him thus the second time also….

On a the third occasion, the King found the Army Chief giving alms..... He instantly left him thinking that God would never forgive if he killed the Chief then....

By that time the Anarchy had increased in the Kingdom beyond a limit.... People together in Groups came and requested the King to end the Army Chief....

At that point of time, the King firmed up in his mind to end the Chief whatever may be the situation as the people suffering out of that directly asked him to do that.... But by that time, the Army Chief could develop a huge army of his own and the King found it difficult to kill him with a Group of few of his own.... The enemy had already become strong and powerful....

At that point of time, the King collected an Army of his own and made an attack on the Chief.... A mini war ensued and finally the Army Chief was killed and thus ended the Anarchy in the Kingdom…. But, the end result of delay beyond was.... Hundreds of Army men on both sides were killed along with the Chief....

Delays in our actions thus cause untold miseries…. I generally delay my actions in life because often my emotions dictate my doings, unrelated theories are ascribed to timely actions or I am lazy....

It so happens that as I am unable to directly witness the out come of the timely actions, I take cool and postpone those right actions.... As time passes, the actions required to be done become tougher and tougher and at one stage, there would be no going back but to live with the inevitable result which would never be acceptable for me and which brings in untold misery....

Why not we make sincere attempts here, avoiding these 'traps' in our lives and be ready to call a 'Spade a Spade'  meaning 'See as much Reality as Possible' thus never covering up the 'Wrong' beyond and do our actions in time? 

(The Story is based on an old time Classic Master Piece of 16th Century)