"Hey Gan, have you seen that woman praying in that junction every morning?", Dexter asked Gan.
"Yes Dex. She's been praying there for more than 15 years based on what our dad said and before her there were many more people like her who could be seen praying every morning." Gan replied.
"But it's sad how the number of people have decreased to one cos what i heard was in olden times there were many people and they could be seen praying literally everywhere. Btw even in all the other cities I've been to, i have seen one or two standing like this and praying" Gan added.
'Why are they praying? Who are they praying to? And why pray every day?' questions started to bubble up inside Dex's pigeon brain.
" I know you would have a ton of questions by now in the pea sized brain of yours. They are praying so that the City will know God. They think that the City is still there only because of their prayers", Gan mockingly replied.
" But doesn't everyone know God? Even we crows know there is a God and we have set inside us a path of life we need to execute then why there is confusion for this humans? Don't they have bigger brains than us? shouldn't it be much easier for them to grasp these things?", Dex asked out of a curiosity mixed with suprise. For him all this is new.
"Yep. Sometimes bigger brains isn't exactly equal to better understanding. It often depends on what you fill it with. I have heard these humans say this quote from the Bible which tells that it matters what you feed your mind with. Let me think what the exact words were" said Gan.
" I admire this woman and the others who you saw for their will to keep doing this day in and day out especially when the world is going from bad to worse." Dex reflected on the whole scene.
" I got it", Gan crowed "whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you."
Is the world going from bad to worse?
Are we really controlled by what we feed our minds with?
Can a healthy mind be a starting point to making our cities a better place?
May be praying to God also acts as a catalyst to make our cities and countries and world better?
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