Once upon a time, a man bought two kinds of seeds from a shop. The first type of seeds was sowed in the open fields and the other under the shade of his kitchen garden. The seeds in the open field were rarely watered; they burned under the sun's hot rays, tolerated the ferocious winds and the deadly rains that came pouring in the monsoon. Life wasn’t easy for these seeds.
On the other hand, the seeds in the kitchen garden were readily watered every day; they received a calculated amount of sunlight and were always protected from wild winds, rains or thunder.
After a few years, when these seeds turned into beautiful plants, a devastating storm came into the city; one day, everything that it touched was turned into ruins.
The result of that furious storm was that the plants that emerged out of the seeds sown in the open fields stood tall and strong and survived the wrath of its destruction. At the same time, the second kind of plant surrendered to the agony of nature. This difference between the survival and death of the plants was determined by what struggle they had seen during their life span.
Since the first kind of seeds have always seen the struggle for water, experienced the wrath of every season, be it the hotness of the killing summers, the unbearable cold of winters, or wild rains and winds of monsoon, they became so strong that they could take anything in life and survive through it, no matter how bad was the storm of life.
Sadly, the Same was not the case with the second type of seeds, which only saw care, safety, and easy availability of resources. They were bound to perish with the first beating of life.
This story always reminds me why the struggle is an important part of life and what things one should remember while going through such times.
1. Struggle is that one guest who only visits the ones who can welcome it with a smile. Not everyone gets this opportunity. So, consider yourself lucky that you are a person who can deal with the struggles, or else they would not have come your way.
2. As you saw in the story, struggles make us stronger, so learn to embrace them.
3. If God suddenly grants all your wishes and bestows you with whatever you desire, I can tell you with cent percent surety that you will lose all those assets in no time and come back to the same situation where you stand today. The logic behind it is that we get in life what we deserve and when we are truly ready for it. Thus, struggles come to prepare us for the results we seek. Without them, we would never become that person who deserves those results.
4. There is never really any fun or sense of accomplishment any winning that hurdle race where you faced no hurdles. The same is the life case. If you have not experienced struggle, you will never be able to rejoice in the joy of good times. After all, it’s a pain that makes us aware of the simplest pleasures in life.
5. Last but not the least, struggles are what makes us a proud and humble being. They add credibility to the story of our life and make it memorable. It's that one part of your life that you will remember more than any good and easy day.
To conclude, I would say, if the happiness of life were on those smooth roads, the rough and rugged terrains of the mountains would never attract our love the way they always do.
I wish you the best!
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