Have you noticed how there is a brick in the middle of a roadside
puddle that helps you to cross the puddle without wetting your shoes? Have you
ever wondered how it got there? Did somebody put it there? Did the puddle form conveniently
around the brick? Did somebody accidently drop the brick there? Have the
Non-living Bricks Association of India taken an initiative to themselves travel
to such a puddle and temporarily settle there?
Well most of us don’t care. We simply step on it and cross
the puddle. In some cases the presence of the brick and hence the convenience
to cross the puddle is just a coincidence. Some of us place a brick or two if
the convenience is linked to our benefit like shopkeepers create a bridge in
the puddles in front of their shops. Hardly any of us find a brick close by and
selflessly place it in the puddle for the next person’s convenience.
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Gettyimages (Paul Grebanier)
Life isn’t any different either. Take the puddle for an obstacle
in life and the brick for guidance or help, and introspect. And if possible,
find a brick and place it in the puddle.
