By Lori Marie
Written in Jan 27, 2010
No one knew what to do...
so they walked...
Soon they came to a beautiful river...
it was just what they needed for their walk was long and hard and they were very thirsty...
as they bent down each scooped water into their hands and began to indulge....
One child looked up and said, "I am blessed that I needed water and here it is and I didn't even ask for it".
Another child added, "and I am blessed that the sun was so hot and harsh and this beautiful river nurtures the most beautiful grand trees and I can nap in the shade".
And the last child said nothing because he was busy staring at his reflection in the water. He was darkened from the sun, dirty from the treacherous walk, and thinned from no water or food...but he smiled...for he knew that at one time he had no answers and did not know what to do...but in his reflection he saw the world come to life. He knew there was nothing he needed to do. He realized there was nothing he needed to ask for. He knew that it did not matter how he looked or how hard his life had been because in his reflection he saw something he had never seen before....everything. He was a part of everything. Nothing was separate from him. He was the trees and the wind, the water and the air, the birds and flowers. He realized none of those things ever asks for anything. None of those things know what to do....they just are...they just do.
The moral of the story: Embrace your true self and trust the flow of life. There is no need to struggle or force answers, as life naturally unfolds in its own perfect way. You are a perfect reflection of the world around you, intrinsically connected to everything that is.
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