Devotee's Experience - Contributed by Ritu Jain

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DEVOTEE'S EXPERIENCE - Contributed by Ritu Jain

 

I would like to share a very recent incident in my

life with all the Baba devotees.

 

I was well placed and working with a leading MNC in a

senior position in Gurgaon and was looking for a

change in job for better prospects. In the month of

June I gave three interviews and with Baba's grace I

got an offer letter from two companies. I did not go

for the final interview in the third company thinking

it was very small. I chose the biggest brand and

company out of the two and planned to join in the mid

of July, 2007.

 

The company is a super brand in India and things

started out fine. My boss was an expatriate lady. She

liked my work very much. I had to attend one

conference in Mumbai with her and next day was my

birthday followed by the weekend. For long I had this

urge to celebrate my birthday with Baba in Shirdi. So

I asked my boss if I could take leave for one day and

celebrate my birthday in Mumbai. I did not tell her

that I planned to go to Shirdi because I thought she

would not understand. Grudgingly, she obliged.

 

But a problem arose. My boss had to make a

presentation on Monday afternoon, and I had to prepare

that for her. So she asked me if I would be able to

deliver and whether I needed to cancel my plan to

extend my stay in Mumbai. I told her I will do it over

the weekend and send it to her on Sunday.

 

So I took a night bus from Mumbai and went to Shirdi.

When I reached Shirdi I had great difficulty in

getting a hotel because they do not give a room to

single people. I failed to understand why. Finally

when I prayed to Baba, literally in tears, one hotel

gave me a room.

 

After my bath I went for Baba’s darshan and it was the

most beautiful experience for me. Now I plan to

celebrate all my birthdays in Shirdi if Baba permits.

 

I took the night bus back to Mumbai and reached in

time for flight to Delhi in the morning. I reached

Delhi safely and made the presentation for my boss

over the weekend. The only problem was that I finished

it late Sunday night and even though I tried very

hard, I could not send it to her due to a bad internet

connection.

 

On Monday morning my boss was very nasty with me due

to the delay from my side, for which I genuinely

apologized to her many times. She made the

presentation and it was appreciated. But in the

evening she called me and told me that she does not

trust me as I had delayed giving her the presentation

and chose to take a day off and celebrate my birthday

instead of working on the presentation.

 

Well next day I was called her office along with the

HR person and was told that she does not want me to

work in her team and so I should resign or else the

company would terminate my position.

 

It was the worst moment in my life. I did not know

what to say or do because inspite of my apology she

was adamant. My only strength was my belief that

nothing wrong can happen to me just because I had

spent my birthday with Baba at Shirdi.

 

Since I did not have any choice I called the other two

companies that were much smaller in brand and size to

check if they had hired anyone. The bigger brand out

of the two companies had already hired somebody for my

position and when I called the smallest company out of

the three, I was told that I can come for the final

interview with the MD in three days time since he was

out of town.

 

So I asked the HR person to give me three days before

I resigned, and treat them as leave, so that at least

I could say that I was still working. Those three days

were the longest in my life. I did not tell my parents

because I did not want to give them any stress.

Somehow, I had the very strong belief that Baba will

take care of me and do the best for me. This kept me

going for those three days.

 

Finally I went for the interview. The MD met me as if

he had already made up his mind to hire me. He just

told me what objectives I have to meet. I got a better

designation and salary package then earlier.

 

With Baba's grace I joined this company, which is

located at a distance of 10 minutes from my home.

Earlier I used to travel to Gurgaon from Delhi and I

used to drive for two hours in the morning to reach

office.

 

With Baba's grace I was not out of job for even a

single day. I got a better designation and package and

additionally my office is so near to my home. I don’t

have to drive for four hours each day from Delhi to

Gurgaon and back.

 

Moral of the story is don’t shake your faith and

belief in Baba when you face any adversity. We are his

children. He will take care of us. He has no option

but to come and wipe our tears when we cry.

 

Om Sai Ram

 

Ritu Jain, Delhi

 

 

 

 

 

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