one day, a young snail decided to go to the other side of the river.. but it keeps wondering, 'how in d earth im goin to get there..?" .. it kept on thinking and thinking.. and all of a sudden, a breezing winds pass by.. shattering the leaves from the trees nearby.. and the snail saw some of the leaves fall onto the river.. and with the help of the wind, most of it reaches the other side of it.. and it also saw, some of the leaves flew right across the river to the other side of it.. now it kept on wondering.. 'i wonder, will i'l able to do what the leaves did.. to fly right across the river, with the help from the strong winds..?' so it said to it self, "alrite, im gonna go right up the highest trees, and when the wind come, i'll jump right thru.."...
so, it climb up the tree, with a huge effort for it needs to fight for its weight that causing it difficulties in climbing up - with a smile, he said to himself.. " i need to cut down some sugar in my food ". and when the snai finally reaches the top of the tree, it realise, its impossible for it to fly like the leaves, all because of its weight.. so, with a down feeling, it went back to the ground..
nonetheless, it never stop its determination to get there. somewhere inside, it knew, there's nothing impossible here.. so it kept on finding alternative ways to get there. then he saw an old, wise turtle.. it know that the weight of the turtle is way higher, but how did mr.turtle manage to get there..
so, it waited for the turtle when it decides to go there. and it saw, slowly, yet gracefully, mr. turtle went right into the river and manage to float itself.. the snail was unsatisfied by this. how did mr. turtle manage to float. so, it decides to have a try. Unfortunately, as soon as it step into the river bank, it slip right into. with really much energy, it slug itself back to the ground
it pants heaviliy, with tears in its eyes, but it control itself, to not let even a drop to fall to the ground.. it laid back, with despair..
the sun has set, and its almost dark.. the snail crawl slowly like its d end of the world..
nearby, it heard slight sprinkle of water from the river.. it turn back to look..
its curiosity buried all it grieves beneath.. and thats when it saw a creature.. almost like itself, but somewhat different. it seems to be still full of life, despite coming from the river.. it wonder, "how did that creature do it. i need to know its secret ingredient.."
so, it decided to spy on that creature, and find any possible secret ingredients that will help it to find way to get there.
hours pass by, and its nearly a dark now. but the creature did nothin special. it eats the same, it drinks as what itself drink, it crawl around like itself.. It could not stand any longer, so it decides to approach the little creature. It went to it and after it introduce itself, it ask.. 'in truth, i was wondering how did u manage to swim accross water, when i myself could not do so.."
so.. the creature look at it for a minute of two..
and then smile started to paints it small face..
then the creature when to the young snail and ask it to go with itself to a nearby tree.
at the top there, there's a nest of birds, with hatchlings of baby birds.. and it said to the young snail..
"Take a look at the baby birds.. it came out without any skills to fly. And yet, when times come, they eventually know how to fly. How do u think they manage to do it?"
replied the young snail "uh,it obvious they have good parents to teach them how to fly"
"thats true both parents have the skills to fly. But, it doesnt help the youngsters to fly.. how can u tell the young ones, go and jump off this tree? it sort of like saying, go and suicide ur self.. "
"it all depends back on ur faith, ur trust in urself. i can tell u, u have to do this, do that.. but, it will never help u out to get across the river there.." with this, the creature leave the young snail alone to think about it..
the young snail was dissapointed by the creature's answer.
again, with despair, it crawl back to its home. and then it saw the mr. turtle earlier. it has return from somewhere.. with courage, it went to the turtle..
"howdy sir. i was passing by earlier this morning, and i saw u float right through to the other side of this river.. it was really graceful skill u got there sir."
mr. turtle just lay down with an eye open to look at the snail.
"i dreamed of getting there, but it seems i can do it. but i found that some other creature who have the same feature as mine can swim right thru the river, and its not telling me how to get there.. can u help me out here sir?"
the turtle sigh, and went to the snail side.
"let me tell u, when our baby turtles are born in the sea, they already have the skills to swim. but when theres a huge current, its impossible for our youngsters to survive. yet, they themselves know when they are ready to face the current in the ocean. and its not us who taught them the way to face it. and myself, from my memory about 100 years ago, i face the current when i felt im ready..."
so, everythin is actually back to the roots..
like these blooming flowers u see out there.. some are bloomin magnificently
some fail miserably..
and this is all because of the roots.. it what the plant take, and what it decides to give..
and my words of advice to u is
there's nothing special about anything.. It all depends on faith..
The faith u have in urself.
You will be what u think of urself to be..
and like us turtles, the faith in our self tell us we are ready to pass thru the raging current..
So, u'll never be able to pass thru this river if u kept on thinking "ITS IMPOSSIBLE".."
with its last word, mr. turtle fall asleep..
now young snail realise.. everything is clear now. it put what the similar-like creature said to itself about the birds, bout the turtles youngsters, and about the blooming flowers..
its all depends on faith in itself.
"to be able to do it, i need to have the courage in me. though i may fail at the beginning, i'll continue this task till i succeed it."
with this new spirit, it keep on trying to get to the other side of the river.
and one fine day, after a couple of months, it finally accomplish it dreams
to the other side of the river it now stand..
and now, in whatever it do, it kept on reminding to itself,
"i can do it. there's nothin impossible if i kept on trying!"...
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this story is a fiction totally..
but its the morale behind it thats what the writer trying to deliver to itself..
in truth, there are some type of snail that can swim in the seas.
and in reality,
every aim, goal we decides to proceed, let me just say, never forget the sustainer of this universe, Allah s.w.t.
for without His approval, we'll never ever succeed in doing anything though we have tried our best in it.
and when He did grants ur wish, do glorify Him always..
let Him be ur sight, heering and action in whatever u do..
A reminder for me, on how to face some part of lives in this world..
p/s: i'm really bad in languages- broken grammar through out here
