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The Wisdom of Life

Lesson from Flowing Water

Human life can be likened to a flowing river. In the river
fresh water is being added to the existing water at every
moment. This everyday phenomenon is responsible for
the freshness of the river water.

If a person’s life is like flowing water, in which fresh
water continues to be added every moment, then it will
always remain fresh and will never become stale. Our
life should not be monotonous, we need to always fill it
with fresh activities and change our routine every now
and then. Water which is lying in a closed place, where
fresh water is not being added, will lose its freshness. It
will become unhealthy. In this matter, the flowing river is
a healthy message given by nature and the experience of
human history testifies to this in practice.

Lesson from the Honeybee

It is the honeybee’s culture to travel every day and reach
places where flowers are available for it. The bee extracts
nectar from the flower and returns to its abode. It does
not care about anything else.

Where there are flowers, there are also other things like
thorns, leaves, and stem. It simply extracts nectar from
the flower and returns without objecting to the thorns.
This behaviour of the honeybee gives a lesson to man in a
symbolic manner: Live like the honeybee. Extract what is
good for you and leave what is unwanted for you. Do not
waste your time in complaining and protesting about it.

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