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 Motivational Stories

Finding a new spring

Once upon a time a certain

tradesman was leading a caravan to

another country to sell his goods. Along

the way they came to the edge of a

severe hot-sand desert. They asked about, and found

that during the day time the sun heats up the fi ne sand

until it’s as hot as charcoal, so no one can walk on it

– not even bullocks or camels! So the caravan leader

hired a desert guide, one who could follow the stars,

so they could travel only at night when the sand cools

down. They began the dangerous night time journey

across the desert.

A couple nights later, after eating their evening

meal, and waiting for the sand to cool, they started

out again. Later that night the desert guide, who was

driving the fi rst cart, saw from the stars that they were

getting close to the other side of the desert. He had

also overeaten, so that when he relaxed, he dozed off

to sleep. Then the bullocks who, of course, couldn’t tell

directions by reading the stars, gradually turned to the

side and went in a big wide circle until they ended up

at the same place they had started from!

By then it was morning, and the people realized

they were back at the same spot they’d camped at the

day before. They lost heart and began to cry about their

condition. Since the desert crossing was supposed to be

over by now, they had no more water and were afraid

they would die of thirst. They even began to blame

the caravan leader and the desert guide – “We can do

nothing without water!”, they complained.

Then the tradesman thought to himself, “If I lose

courage now, in the middle of this disastrous situation,

my leadership has no meaning. If I fall to weeping and

regretting this misfortune, and do nothing, all these

goods and bullocks and even the lives of the people,

including myself, may be lost. I must be energetic and

face the situation!” So he began walking back and

forth, trying to think out a plan to save them all.

Remaining alert, out of the corner of his eye, he

noticed a small clump of grass. He thought, “Without

water, no plant could live in this desert.” So he called

over the most energetic of his fellow travellers and

asked them to dig up the ground on that very spot.

They dug and dug, and after a while they got down to a

large stone. Seeing it they stopped, and began to blame

the leader again, saying “This effort is useless. We’re

just wasting our time!” But the tradesman replied, “No

no, my friends, if we give up the effort we will all

be ruined and our poor animals will die – let us be

encouraged!”

As he said this, he got down into the hole, put

his ear to the stone, and heard the sound of fl owing

water. Immediately, he called over a boy who had been

digging and said, “If you give up, we will all perish –

so take this heavy hammer and strike the rock.”

The boy lifted the hammer over his head and hit

the rock as hard as he could – and he himself was the

most surprised when the rock spilt in two and a mighty

fl ow of water gushed out from under it! Suddenly, all

the people were overjoyed. They drank and bathed and

washed the animals and cooked their food and ate.

Before they left, they raised a high banner so

that other travellers could see it from afar and come

to the new spring in the middle of the hot-sand desert.

Then they continued on safely to the end of their

journey.

Conclusion :Don’t give up too easily – keep

on trying until you reach the goal.