What is life? When you face a question like this how do you answer it? People have different points of view. So someone can say life is happiness, and another one will say life is a combination of experiences. Further people will answer the life is love, kindness, warmth, affection, joy, earth, relationships, duties, etc. however according to me life is hanging on a thread. It has all of the above aspects. It is really like a river.
The image of the river fills our imagination with beautiful scenery. The river has green islands and enchanting banks which proves her fertility. Even she is illuminating with the pleasant sunrise, she makes smooth waves and goes to the sea as happily as she can.
A river is born from a large rocky mountain. Then she flows over the small shrubs, plants like red, blackberries happily while kissing the yellowish sandy areas by scattering her silver water droplets. She enriches the river banks and facilitates some organisms to find their needs. Even she bears many aquatic creations in her fetus. The river has the live quality to give life to many creatures. However very silently, she creates the rhythm of human life while flowing. As the story of the river, a baby is born under the love, affection, and compassion of the nears and dears. A newborn baby spreads happiness everywhere as the river produces music to give the message to the surroundings. Then this baby passes the different stages of life and receives more love and care from the parents, teachers, etc. By facing too many challenges in life he comes to his achievement, dream at last. It is like how the river comes to the end of her journey giving pain to the small shrubby plants.
After the long journey, the river kisses her precious husband the sea because it is the last expectation of her difficult journey. Why it is difficult? Really the difficulty is she has to sacrifice. She has to change her shape, size and even it is painful when passing the dry climatic areas. But the departure is very peaceful and happy. Even humans are the same. After long scarification, they expect a good ending. Successful people, positive thinkers win their dreams while the lazy ones destroy their lives as some rivers facilitate the droughts to absorb their whole blood.
When people see a river, they ask where this river comes from and search her root. They have a suspicion. But the river has to ask that why not humans ask the same question from themselves. Life is impermanent. They really don’t know why they are living or what makes them alive. It creates a strong theme about death and living.
When the river flows downwards gradually, she spreads the foam by crashing with stones and rocks. But when she flows through the plains and flat land areas, it is a very monotonous journey to him. It’s not tasty as dancing and tickling as before. As well, we people also don’t prefer a monotonous life. There is no life for us unless we haven’t any challenges or goals to face. Even this behavior of river suggests the power of young age. Young people always want to do something, they like to challenge and win and also to get the risk.
When the river becomes turbulent, the cyclonic waves drag the flowers, fruits from the nearby trees. The strong wind symbolizes the pain of losing those young forms from the mother plants because they couldn’t have the strength to face such a dangerous condition. In our life also we lose our loved ones, not only in their old ages but also too many young people. We have to bear the pain and even we become somewhat nefarious with life. But it’s the nature of the life we go on.
Also, the river has pleasant experiences. She can realize how the small smooth flower petals float on her water surface and dance by making vivid patterns. In our life also, not only sad experiences there are lots of enjoyable, pleasant experiences which never can forget.
Even if many obstacles come river doesn’t cease its journey. Likewise, we also mustn’t cease our determination even though many obstacles, challenges, and difficulties come into our life. So be happy and find your journey and reach your goal. This is the time to be a river. Think like a river. So life is really a river with all those beauty, happiness, sorrow, pain, warmth, responsibilities, etc.
By A.H.Sahanma Methyanie
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