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“AN EPIC BATTLE BETWEEN MELANCHOLY AND GOD” 

She was lying on her bed, misery stands next to her and sooner hailed her master “The Great Melancholy”. The presence of melancholy threw her back in the past. Pain, failures, deceits, irony of fate, hence every worst thing made her trapped and with the passage of time, she turned out as the most ungrateful soul, who started to question the integrity of god. She has totally shown her disapproval on the every verdict of god at every stage of her life. She mumbled every failure of hers like a priest mumbling his prayers on prayer’s beads. 

The first chant of melancholy killed her faith on god and second chant slaughtered all her goodness and optimism in her. Now laying hopelessly on the bed, waiting for her death, she was surrounded by the disciples of melancholy. “Sorrow” was holding her hand, anxiety lullabied her and depression was busy with her ailment. Her soul was neither happy nor in tranquility. She announced her death before she dies. And that was the very charm of melancholy. 

Suddenly, she saw the religious painting hanging on the wall of her bed-room. She gazed it at the best. And there was the line from one of the scriptures, “O mankind, there has come to you an instruction from god, a cure for whatever (disease) in your heart, a guidance and blessing for true believer and this is the grace of god and his mercy,” and suddenly tenderness came around her heart.  

There was the panic among the disciples of melancholy and then she called aloud and this time by heart, “God! Come, help me out!”

All of the sudden, she came out of trance and now the blow of hope kisses her cheeks and the smile comes out like a lotus coming out of puddle. It was indeed the bell of divine intervention. 

He comes to rescue her as He is ever ready to protect his men like a true artist, who cannot bear any allegation on his art and is always ready to justify his sculpture despite of knowing all the flaws. 

God enlightened her heart with the span of hope and ordered the “children of pleasures” to fight with the “army of melancholy”. 

Now on the one hand; “smile”, “love”, “hope”, “wisdom”, “affection”, “intellect”, “calmness”, “optimism” and “prayer” and on the other hand; “hatred”, “suffering”, “horror”, “pessimism”, “arrogance” ,“vice” and “wickedness” were standing erectly to fight. 

An epic battle begins and sooner it was around every one; the sun was astonished and the sky was in trouble, the nature was boosting the morale of God’s favorites and air holds her horses to see this commotion. A wild ecstasy was spread among the prophets and saints. Speculations were sound and prophecies were made. 

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Hatred brutally clutched love and optimism was attacked by pessimism, intellect was wounded by arrogance and the truth was speared by wickedness and vice.  

The passive one was gazing it all, it was “the prayer” who was near to loss “hope” and started to address with almighty.  

Prayer plead, “Make them win; it will cost nothing to you.” 

God responded, “Let them try to win.” 

Prayer reciprocated, “Their defeat would destroy the world.” 

God replied, “My miracle at this very moment would destroy them all forever.” 

Prayer shrieked, “What to do then? How to win the battle?” 

And the voice of omnipotent came, “Hold the thought of victory, grow it under the shadow of faith and then stand, fight till the trumpet of victory gets echoed. Stand, regardless of how many times you fall. Stand again, for your sake, for the sake of world, and for the sake of all weak and frail souls, for the sake of these heavenly words i.e.  ‘Moral’, ‘goodness’ and ‘virtues’.” 

The voice of god got penetrated in the soul of every solider and soon the table was turned. 

Arrogance was stabbed by intellect, truth slaughtered vice, pessimism was graved by optimism, and injured and hurt melancholy ran from the land.  

The pleasure and his army again arose and shined. They spread everywhere and announced their “eternal win”. Victory came and hugged all the soldiers and took the oath to be with them always. 

And that lady, who was on the bed, was now relieved. Being nostalgic, she waves all those lovely moments which she spent with her family, hugs all the toughest experiences which nourished her, and starts to count all the blessings which she actually didn’t and doesn’t deserve because of her sins. Wept and again fallen in love with God, and his Greatness, saying the word “hallelujah” and she died. At that time, everybody in the room, encountered the smile on her face, seems as if she apologized to God in the passing minute and god forgave her in the fraction of a second.