Wordy Woodpecker #8
The beach, no matter how much superficial change it endures over the years, always seems to retain its beauty. Its shape is constantly distorted by waves and humans, yet no matter how bad the initial distortion is, it always seems to return to normalcy. In fact, the beaches that have been around the longest always seem to be the most beautiful, despite enduring abuse for a so much longer time. This resistance to all nature and man throws at it should remind us how to deal with all of our own individual problems.
An individual raindrop does little to harm to the shape of the beach, but alas, the little raindrop rarely comes alone. After a shower of raindrops, the beach is a mere shadow of its former image. Each drop leaves a tiny individual mark that allows further drops to have more of an impact, and all that is left is a battered surface filled with tiny craters where the final drops fell. And yet, one day later and one can’t tell of any damage to the beach’s surface at all. Similarly, we all face our own “rainstorms” at times, where small problems all seem to come at once. We can easily face each problem if they happen one at a time, but it is so much harder when they come all at once. But like the beach, we must be able to move on. Instead of letting each individual problem compound into something larger, we must be able to clear our mind and deal with each problem separately from each other. Alas, if only it was as easy as the beach after a rain storm.
Waves routinely crash into the shore, but every so often, a wave that is large enough will pound the beach hard enough to change its shape for a while. But while the shape may have changed, it manages to still be a great sight to behold. And each individual wave that crashes onto the beach leaves just a little sentiment that adds to the beach’s long time value. Similar, we all have “waves” crash into us, incidents so poignant that they still influence our current actions. But, much like a huge wave does not destroy the beach, we must not let powerful events destroy us either. Instead, again like the beach, we must be able to take each problem and get something out of it. Trying something new often results in a feeling of failure when one doesn’t perform as expected, but is always beneficial. The pain is temporary, but what is learned stays with you for a lifetime.
An individual raindrop does little to harm to the shape of the beach, but alas, the little raindrop rarely comes alone. After a shower of raindrops, the beach is a mere shadow of its former image. Each drop leaves a tiny individual mark that allows further drops to have more of an impact, and all that is left is a battered surface filled with tiny craters where the final drops fell. And yet, one day later and one can’t tell of any damage to the beach’s surface at all. Similarly, we all face our own “rainstorms” at times, where small problems all seem to come at once. We can easily face each problem if they happen one at a time, but it is so much harder when they come all at once. But like the beach, we must be able to move on. Instead of letting each individual problem compound into something larger, we must be able to clear our mind and deal with each problem separately from each other. Alas, if only it was as easy as the beach after a rain storm.
Waves routinely crash into the shore, but every so often, a wave that is large enough will pound the beach hard enough to change its shape for a while. But while the shape may have changed, it manages to still be a great sight to behold. And each individual wave that crashes onto the beach leaves just a little sentiment that adds to the beach’s long time value. Similar, we all have “waves” crash into us, incidents so poignant that they still influence our current actions. But, much like a huge wave does not destroy the beach, we must not let powerful events destroy us either. Instead, again like the beach, we must be able to take each problem and get something out of it. Trying something new often results in a feeling of failure when one doesn’t perform as expected, but is always beneficial. The pain is temporary, but what is learned stays with you for a lifetime.
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