An Inspirational Story
(Ms Ritu Sinha)
(Ms Ritu Sinha)
The seed
Once
upon a time, there was a seed and because it was only a seed, nobody cared to
notice it. Thus, gripped by a sense of inferiority, the seed gave no importance
to his existence.
Then
one day, a wind picked him up - randomly or otherwise he didn't know - and
threw him mercilessly on an open field under the sweltering sun. He was
confused. Why would anything do such a thing? But instead of any copasetic
answers, he was provided with rain (in addition to sunlight); sometimes in
drizzles and sometimes in torrents.
Meanwhile
time flew and years later he saw a traveler sitting by his side. "Thank
you God for this. I really needed some rest," he heard the traveler say.
"What
are you talking about?" The seed promptly asked. He thought the man was
making fun of him. Sure, he had witnessed many people sitting by his side -
more so in recent years - but no one ever spoke to him like that.
"Who
is this?" The man was startled. "This is me. The seed."
"The seed?" The man looked at the giant tree. "Are you kidding
me? You are no seed. You are a tree. A goliath of a tree!" "Really?"
"Yes! Why else do you think people come here?" "What do they
come here for anyways?" "To feel your shade! Don't tell me you didn't
know you had grown over time."
A
moment passed before the traveler's words struck the chord of realization
within him. The seed, now a prolix tree, thought and smiled for the first time
in his life. The years of relentless tortures by the sun and the rain finally
made sense to him.
"Oh!
That means I'm not a tiny-flimsy seed anymore! I wasn't destined to die
unnoticed but was actually born to strip people of their lassitude. Wow! Now
that's a life worth a thousand gems!"
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