Rushing Water

Have you experience being on the river or lake? Have you observed how the stones are different? I mean there are some stones that are nice and really smooth and there are stones that are rough or flawed and not so nice looking.

It made me think of life or a person, that each person has their own share of tough times in life. Some get through it well and beautifully by learning from it and their character was strengthened by the experience despite of hardship that they went through. Just like the smooth and beautiful, nice looking stones.

Some were roughly drowned by their circumstances and came out bitter, angry, and hate the world, hence the character was flawed by their tough times. Just like the rough and flawed or not nice looking stones.

I love to pick-up those nice and smooth looking stones whenever I am in a river or lake. Same in life, people will not want to be with people that are bitter, angry or carrying their baggages with them and looking so grim and hating the world.

The rushing water of the river or lake are the one that makes those stones nice and smooth and beautiful by being washed or as the water "rush" through them regularly.

Same with our lives, we will always have problems that will "rush" through us or in us - what matter the most is how we stand and deal with them when it comes. We can choose to be bitter, angry and hating the world or we can choose to learned from it and be wise.