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money of our own and completely depended on what
my uncle gave us to run the house, which was not
enough. Soon the kitchen became empty and all we
were left with was a drum full of lentils that came from
the farm. For three months we had nothing but lentil
and chapattis for lunch and dinner.

During the 12 hour stay at the hospital I would
sometimes feel hungry and there would be no money to
eat anything. I rang up Guruji and told him of our
situation and he said, “Je rab rijak patthar wich
baithe keedhe nu bhi dinda hai ta tenu kyon nai
dawuga? Rab saareyaan da intezaam karda hai.” - “If
God can provide food to the insects living in stones,
why would he not provide for you? God looks after and
provides for his each and every one of his creations.”
One day I decided to change the purse I was carrying
since it was too small. I had bought a purse from
Bombay (now Mumbai) that I had never used and
decided to take that instead. It was a brand new purse
with its paper stuffing still inside it. I removed the
stuffing and transferred all my stuff into it. I saw it had
an inner pocket that was zipped closed. As I opened it I
was surprised to see that it was full of five rupee coins!
At the hospital, whenever we got hungry, we would use
that money to buy something from the canteen and eat.
I noticed that no matter how much I took out from it,
the pocket never got empty. This was Guruji's way of
providing for us. The money in the purse never finished
till the day my mother and I were financially stable.

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