Flood or a message from God?

A colossal loss like what every Kashmiri experienced in the first fortnight of September 2014 is unfortunate. It trembled the soul of every Kashmiri equally even the fortunate ones who remained untouched by this natural disaster.
 There is an audible dolefulness which has engulfed the entire Valley in a jiffy .Though every person is empathetic with everybody else, there is a sound of relief in the heart of untouched ones that they have been spared by the nature and haven’t lost anything. Many reasons are held accountable for the flood of this magnitude such as illegal mining on river banks ,deforestation or man-made carbon emissions etc.
 Keeping these reasons aside, let us comprehend at individual level if there is any other reason for such devastating flood that withered several beautiful mansions, innumerable houses, shelters, source of livelihood of many and rendered the valley somber. Have we as the people of Kashmir changed over a course of time? Is our behavior, practices not in accordance to what God likes any more? Have we turned extravagant when it comes to building our homes? Have we turned extravagant when it comes to marriages? Are we condescending our brethren who are financially less fortunate? What about the sloppy attitude towards the food wasted during marriages/functions? Can the money spent to wooden-panel our 3-storeyed houses put to better use like to feed a hungry family/helpless, unprivileged? What about heap of meat on “Trami” of “Maharaz sab”?The corrupters and liars among us have increased in number, unfortunately.
 I visited my grand mother who is more than 85 years old, during these floods and she said “ye chi sein aimall,besharmi tche bademitch, poonse tche gomout toth,apuz che pheloumuth,makaan che baed magar che sunsaan”.I replied “ti tche pouz”
. Translation: The devastation is the result of our deeds, shamelessness is rampant, people love money more than anything else, lie is widespread, the houses are big but almost empty. I replied, “That’s right”.
 It is our deeds, which has called for the wrath of Allah. Let not our souls be undaunted with what our eyes witnessed. The immense wealth and food provided to us by God is not being put to right use ,it is more like being wasted. So, all our prodigal efforts were devastated and rendered void leaving us to ponder. The fact that there is colossal loss of wealth and relatively less of precious lives makes me believe that THIS (the flood) is a message rather a warning from God to shun our prodigality now and that we have been given a chance.
 Let us come together to rebuild and revive our Kashmir keeping in mind that we shouldn’t get another warning from God. Let us rise as a better society, people with better thoughts and in particular people who are aware that the surplus money provided by Almighty has to be put to right use and not for building mansions, prodigal weddings or practices like these.