Reflections - A Journey Through Life

A small stream started his journey towards the big ocean. He wanted to be one with the huge body of water. That was the only goal. The stream, painstakingly cut through the rocks and the dirt and was trying to make its way down the mountain. It was a huge mountain. He remembered his mother, the glacier. She was white and pure, but when he was born he saw her sick and blemished. She was receding every moment and he was probably the last child who was born. He remembered the moments he was born and let down the earth. He was so pure and clean, cutting through rocks slowly and getting stronger from the minerals. He felt very lonely and sad. His mother was dying. That was inevitable he thought. He just couldn't grasp the reason. Not yet though. The stream was sad, but that was a part of his life. He was too lonely. He meandered through the forest, gaining in width and depth, his clear fresh water running over every obstacle. Slowly he gained pride. He was a majestic flow, etching ...

Life is a very mysterious and complex journey. We make it more complex. Its all about our thinking. Some people think that the main goal of life is to accumulate resources, vie for power and control over other people, accumulate more resources. Some other think life is about living it happily and contently, though the human nature washed over by the modern indoctrinates is never content. Nobody is satisfied with whatever they have and they want more and more. Of What you ask. Well, everything. When you are a kid, you watch all the glittery and stupendous new advertisements, or you watch that new kids show. You know what you want. That new toy! That new toy! That new computer, That new tablet. On and on it goes and never ends. Then you grow up to be a teenager, you seem to know that you know really what you want. You have the blessed feeling of being right all the time. You want the new bike, new phone, new everything. Mom! My friend has the latest iphone! Guess what it can do! That...