As I was walking down life’s
Highway Many years ago
I came upon a sign that read
‘BAPA’S GROCERY STORE’.
When I got a little closer
The doors swung open wide
And when I came to myself
I was standing inside.
I saw a host of AATMARPITS.
They were standing everywhere
One handed me a basket
And said “ My dear, SHOP WITH CARE ”
Everything a mumukshu needed
Was in BAPA'S GROCERY STORE
And what you could not carry
You could come back for more
First I got some PATIENCE.
LOVE was in that same row.
Further down was UNDERSTANDING,
You need that everywhere you go.
I got a box or two of WISDOM
And FAITH a bag or two.
And CHARITY ofcourse
I would need some of that too
I could’nt miss the SPIRITUALITY
It was all over the place.
And then some STRENGTH
And COURAGE to run this life race.
My basket was getting full
But I remembered I needed GRACE,
And then I chose MOKSHA
For MOKSHA was for free
I tried to get enough of that to do
For you and me
Then I started to the counter
To pay my grocery bill
For I thought I had everything
To do MY BAPA’s WILL.
As I went up the aisle
I saw PRAYER and put that in,
For I knew when I stepped outside
I would run into sin.
PEACE and JOY were plentiful,
The last thing on the shelf.
BHAKTI and SATSANG were hanging near
So I just helped myself.
Then I asked one AATMARPIT
“ how much do I owe? ”
He smiled and said
“ just take them everywhere
you go ”
Again I asked “really now,
How much do I owe ?”
“ my dear ” he said,
“ BAPA PAID YOUR BILL A LONG TIME AGO. “
