Consecration of the Hindu temple

I hope this is as short as I want it to be.

It's really simple. Close to where I stay this Hindu temple held a major event to consecrate the compounds after having being refurbished with new carvings and interiors. I'm sure more than that changed, but I know not how to describe the rest.

The event was amazing. Many people waited in the sun to have a chance to enter the temple to seek the blessings of the Gods they so revere. I didn't dare try, and neither could I afford to wait. But I decided to stay around and see what is happening.

My takeaway? A appreciation for a particular line in a song I've been listening to. The line goes "I pray that enlightenment can be achieved in this lifetime" from Calling the Lama from Afar. I was nearly moved to tears. Probably I cried deep within me. Because that is the cry/plea/wish/aspiration of all devotees. Regardless of faith, beliefs or religion we belong to, we all hope that is achievable. To encounter the divine, to achieve enlightenment, to be reunited with God, to enter the paradise-heaven etc. All those individual perfect endings to the story called "life" hopefully can be attained within this lifetime. It doesn't matter if you believe in rebirth or reincarnation. Because the sum total of any faith is to achieve the perfect state within one's time on earth.

The universality of the line struck me. And for a brief moment, maybe I have a deeper understanding of universal truths, such as that all beings desire happiness.