Living in God's Glory

a reporter of the Hindustan Times (24th June 1985) captures the scene in these words: “in their moment of stunned disbelief, each thought, ‘This could not be happening to me.’ Then, however, the death list shattered all their hopes.” leaving aside such significant tragedies, it is a fact of life that many people pass away from this world every day in the ordinary course of events. This fact should be enough to shake people up, but it does not because everyone who watches others disappear thinks this fate is only destined for others, not for himself. it is a strange but observable fact of human psychology. By excluding himself, he fails to learn a valuable lesson. he fails to hear the message of death even when it is close at hand. THE MIRAGE The real pleasures are those of the next world, while the pleasures of this world are only a mirage. However, man is blissfully unaware of this reality. Mr. r.n. Pandey, a second lieutenant in the indian army, mistakenly boarded the Jammu Tawi Express, thinking it was the utkal Express. only as the train steamed out of the station did he realize he was on the wrong train. When the train was nearing okhla, in desperation, he opened the door and jumped out of the train, which by then was hurtling