Philosophy of a Successful Life
A son to his dad:
What is a 'successful life''?
Instead of answering him
The dad took him out
And began to fly a kite
to his son's surprise
who couldn't hold his breath for long
and interrupted:
Dad, the kite is not flying higher up in the sky
Because it is tied by a thread.
Shall we break off the thread
so that it can fly higher and higher?
Hearing this
the dad immediately broke the thread
The kite lifted a bit higher up
And then dropped at an unknown wilderness
Only then the dad went on
to explain his son
the philosophy of Life.
'Sonny', said the dad,
'the elevated level at which our lives are now
often make us feel that there are some constraints
to which we are tied up and that these clogs
are not allowing us to rise further in life,
things such as home, family, discipline, parents, etc;
and we just wish to get rid of them.
But in fact it is these clogs or 'threads'
due to which we are on the present level
and it's these threads which keep us taut
like the thread-bound kite flying in the sky.
My child, if you want to stay on heights in life
never break your ties with these 'threads'
Stability in Life is just like the kite and thread
Without a thread tied to the kite
The kite will rise but will surely drop shortly
if the tie is cut off
Live a Life like the kite and thread together
And you will never fail or fall in Life.
Copyright © Mazhar Butt | Year Posted 2015
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