There are ducks who grow up in dry places! A farmer told me that they adapt well and do not miss water. In fact they are not drawn by water even when they sight water. The farmer mentioned that ducks growing up in the dry places adapt better to hostile environment.
So ducks adapt and change their preferred habitat!
As humans we too are resilient and flexible. It is when we are deprived by what we rightly deserve, some of the best transforming experiences take place in our lives!
Yesterday I heard a story of a highly accomplished professional who told me about the freedom he and his colleagues found when a senior colleague moved away to another place. The senior colleagues exerted pressure on his colleagues to conform to his ways and denied spontaneity and creativity. After he moved away, the rest of the team came together with a resolve to forge ahead which they did admirably. This friend concluded this conversation by saying that ‘it was the earlier years of difficulties, restrictions and stifling of freedom, which helped them to grow in patience and openness’.
There are dry seasons in our lives. Sometimes we are pushed to live in dry places longer than we desire. Even that would bring some meaningful purposes into our lives!
M.C.Mathew(text and photo)
