BEYOND THE ROCK
BEYOND THE ROCK
Once there were a group of tradesmen who were traveling from one place to another place to sell their goods. During the course of the travel, they came across a hot desert.
The leader of the tradesman checked nearby people and came to know that, during the day, the hot sun heats up the fine sand so much that no one walks on it, not even the camels. Also, it takes close to 3 nights to cross the desert.
Hearing this, the leader decided that we will travel during the night when the sand cools down and will camp in the day. Considering the night travel, he hired a guide, who could help them to cross the desert during the night.
With the help of the guide, they started their journey in the desert, with the guide leading the way and followed by all tradesmen who traveled in their respective caravan pulled by camels. And after a couple of nights, they were able to cross 3/4th of the desert.
On the third night, they started their journey again. After some time, the guide considering that its the last night before we cross the desert, relaxed, and fell asleep. Because of this, his camel started turning to the side and other camels behind started following.
All the camels went in a big circle until they ended up in the same place where they had started last night.
When the sun came up, people realized that they were back at the same spot where they camped last night. Realizing the situation, all tradesmen worried that they have very little water which is not enough to cross the desert. And they started blaming the leader and guide “Without water how we can survive in this hot desert?
The leader talked to himself “We are in a difficult situation, If I lose courage now, people’s lives will be lost! So, he started exploring the area and found a bunch of grass. He knew that without water it’s very difficult for the grass to survive in this hot desert.
He then called fellow tradesmen and told them that we will dig this grass area as there is a possibility of water here. All agreed and started digging, soon they found a large rock, which was difficult to break.
Seeing this all tradesmen lost hope and started to blame the leader “You just wasted our time and energy”
The leader replied “No, my friends. It’s not useless. If we give up now all our effort will go in vain. We should continue our effort.”
All the members were seeing the huge rock. The leader also saw the rock and he saw something beyond what others were seeing. He saw hope beyond the rock. Suddenly he then put his ear on the large rock and heard the sound of flowing water.
Hearing the sound, he called the strongest man from them and said “If you give up, we all will perish. So, give all your strength in breaking this rock”.
The strong man lifted the hammer and hit the rock as hard as he could. Soon, the rock split open and to the joy of all the tribesmen the water gushed out from it.
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