It was still the dawn when he reached the base of the hill. That young man was fully focussed on his mission to reach the mountain peak in few hours. On his way uphill he found none but an oldman struggling to carry a bundle of firewood. He thought that the oldman must belong to some village nearby.
Both of them were walking quietly. As time flew by, slowly they began a chat between them. The younger one asked the oldman if he could help him in carrying the bundle for a while as the latter was struggling with that. The oldman politely refused that offer and he told the reason behind the refusal as well.
The older guy told the younger that he refused the latter’s help on that day as the former couldnot expect someone daily to help him out in carrying his load daily, and if he accepts the help of that young guy that day and relaxes, then his mind could start to look for help daily and that would result in nothing but laziness.
The oldman also told the youngman that he was used to the load in the years passed and he said, ‘once you start moving with the load, it gets lighter; else you will feel the heaviness of it if you think about it as a burden’. The youngman found something striking his heart, because he was climbing the hill with the thought of commiting suicide! Then the youngman realized that one could make the load lighter by just not complaining and crying but getting to move ahead with it in his path.
By that time they finished their conversation, they had reached the peak as well. From there the young man could see a whole new world with lot of opportunities and he felt that he is in the top of the world. He was very happy that he found ‘The Path of His Life’s Journey’ in what could be the path of his last journey.
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