The Speaking tree - The River of Life
MAULANA WAHIDUDDIN KHAN
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Human life can be likened to a flowing river. In the river, fresh water is being added to the existing water at every moment.In the absence of this continuous flow of newly added water, the river will lose its freshness: it will not be able to maintain its health-giving, even lifegiving, properties.The same method is adopted by nature with regard to human beings. Within a period of a hundred years, the preceding generation is replaced by a fresh set of people. Preceding generations yield place to new generations. A great wisdom lies behind this system: the coming generation should learn its lesson from the experiences of the preceding one.
The preceding generation passes on such formulae as have proved right in the light of practical experiences. In this way , the older generation enables the coming generation to refrain from committing the mistakes that people made earlier that led to great losses. The truth is the preceding generation is a valuable gift of nature to the present generation.
If our life is like flowing water, in which fresh water continues to be added at every moment, then it will always remain fresh and will never become stale. On the contrary , water that is confined to a closed space, stagnating in the absence of replenishment, will eventually lose its freshness. It will become stale, even harmful.
The flowing river is a healthy message given by nature and the experience of many generations of people across continents and cultures would support this analogy .
The preceding generation passes on such formulae as have proved right in the light of practical experiences. In this way , the older generation enables the coming generation to refrain from committing the mistakes that people made earlier that led to great losses. The truth is the preceding generation is a valuable gift of nature to the present generation.
If our life is like flowing water, in which fresh water continues to be added at every moment, then it will always remain fresh and will never become stale. On the contrary , water that is confined to a closed space, stagnating in the absence of replenishment, will eventually lose its freshness. It will become stale, even harmful.
The flowing river is a healthy message given by nature and the experience of many generations of people across continents and cultures would support this analogy .
