There was a river, and it started flowing from a mountain. It thought that I will reach to the sea and I will become very big. But when it was flowing, it had an obstruction. There was a huge rock and it could not flow. But it was persistent and it started working harder to cross that. While doing so a water fall was created and the river felt that I am falling down. But a magic happened, everybody started coming and enjoying at that place and they called it a paradise. Where the water was falling down, new plants started growing and new animals started coming. It started blooming. The water from that place still kept flowing after staing there for some time and like this, finally reached to the destination. It kept flowing, so it remained pure. However, there was some water, which said, I do not want to flow, I am tired and got separated. It started staying at a place thinking this is a better place to stay. However, in that sometime, it became dirty and people started avoiding it. It started stinking. When it rained, it became further bad.
What do we learn from the river?
We start with a destination in mind and we will reach there. But on the way, we will have many obstructions. If we stayed at a place or we allow some part of us to stay there, it will become dirty. We cannot let our some emotions stay in the past. We need to keep flowing with the persistence. If we do not let ourselves stay at that place and keep moving, even if someone did not value us, we will be valued just because we kept going. The places where we will feel that we just cannot make it and if we keep persisting, we will end up creating a paradise and we will discover new phases of life and ourselves. We will find our own new strength and we will emerge more beautiful and stronger.
Keep flowing, keep going, keep doing good, and you will reach your destination. When it’s tough, and you feel no one cares, do not value yourself less. People do not care for the point before the fall, they care after you have fallen and risen again. When others value less, do not value yourself less. Just keep flowing and everyone else also will come around. You are a gift and this life is a gift to you. Know that. Value yourself, pick yourself and keep moving.
