This 13 Year Old’s Story Will Make You Believe in Yourself
2 minutes of read, at least 20 years of impact.
There was a young boy no more than 13 years old with freckles on his face and tiny broken twigs in his hand. Everyday he would climb the tall rock only to stare blankly across a river at the other side of the shore. The waves were monstrous, sometimes carrying entire trees along with them. But, the boy didn’t care because all the wanted to do was reach the other side.
His friends looked at him funny, mocking him every time for standing on the rock and trying to make the leap. Everyday he stood there, he used to talk to the winds, asking them for help. The winds wouldn’t respond. The boy couldn’t take it anymore. Every mockery, every unanswered call for help, only made him want to do the impossible more and more.
So one day, he jumped and deep he went into the greenish depths of the monstrous river. His friends who used to mock him, looked at him which shock and horror not knowing what comes next. They just stood there in silence waiting for something to happen.
The boy soon realised that he was powerless. The tides were stronger than his fragile body could handle. He heard a faint crack and a sharp pain almost knocked him unconscious. He decided to let go and he was thrown back to the shore where he started from. He couldn’t make it. He was alive. His friends rushed to him and picked him up. He was their hero. The hero that tried the impossible.
He was gasping for air on grass that was now wet from his soaked body. He had broken his finger but had built something much bigger. He was now the bravest boy his friends knew. He was braver than he started. The winds finally spoke and filled his lungs with much needed oxygen.
Weren’t we all like that young boy who knew not his fragility but his strength — who dared to do the impossible — who dared to dream without thinking about the chances. Weren’t we all willing to take the leap?
What happened then? When did we start weighing our dreams with scales or reality.
We used to not match our dreams to our reality.
We used to match our reality to our dreams.
Let’s do that again.
Thanks for reading. :)
