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Story of faith walking

Faith and doubt cannot coexist. Faith cannot be measured as little or large as there can be either faith or no faith.

A man wanted to cross a river and Vibhishana came forward to help him. Vibhishana simply tied a leaf with a name of Rama on it to the dress that he was wearing and asked him to venture into the river. However he warned him not to doubt the easiness in crossing the waters, lest he will be drowned.

The man consented to Vibhishana's idea and embarked on crossing the waters. He simply walked on the waters effortlessly. All of a sudden he was seized with the desire to look at the leaf that was tied to his clothes. He thus halted and untied the leaf from his dress to see the letters 'Rama' written on it. No sooner did he read, a doubtful thought popped up in his mind, "Just Rama?" The next moment he sank in its depths.

Moral of the story- Absolute faith in God thus helps one in traversing his sorrows effortlessly. However a small doubt that creeps in drowns him in the abyss of his own sorrow. It is again faith that redeems. 

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