Everybody has many life experiences which change their life. This is one of mine where Swami has helped me in the best way possible. My life started in a country called Bahrain where I studied till Class 10. As I grew up, my father, an ardent devotee of Swami wanted to join me in the Sri Sathya Sai Higher Secondary School, Puttaparthi. We applied for admissions online and waited for the written test call. But we didn’t receive anything even after 1 month of applying for the admission. So, my father called the school and asked the status of the application and the office administrator informed my father that my application was rejected. My parents were shocked and very sad on hearing the news. But they knew that Swami had some other plan for us. We departed from Bahrain and reached Chennai for searching a school for me.
My father was very firm on the decision of joining me in a SAI school because he thought that value education was very important for me. So, we first checked for Sai Schools in Chennai and the first result was about this school called Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Educare. We enquired about the school and we found that it was near to our home too which was really convenient for us since my uncle lives there. Then, we applied for admission and they told us to write the written test. The test was really easy for me and I completed it fast. After some time, they called me for my interview where I had to answer some questions on leaving my parents, missing my friends, etc. It was very tough for me, but I managed to be strong and took the decision of joining there.
Later, me and my father went to Puttaparthi for Aradhana Mahotsavam. He just wanted to visit the school and ask about it. So, when he went and talked to the principal, they suddenly told me to attend the written test which was coincidently held the next day. I knew that there was no possible chance of me joining there since I didn’t prepare anything for the exam.
The next day, I went and wrote the written examination which was extremely hard because the questions were not from my syllabus itself. Even though, I was not selected, I was happy that I had the chance to at least attend the examination.
Months later after joining SSSIE, I was wondering what if I were selected in Puttaparthi.
That moment, I realized that Swami made me join the school that He had planned for me. The SSSIE culture is so conducive to my nature and exploration of my latent skills that I feel nowhere else I would be getting the kind of personal attention as it is found in SSSIE. God is omniscient and always has his OWN DIVINE PLAN, we just have to be optimistic and accept everything as a gift of god (Prasadam).
