A slide in a Park, Ignited a Spark

I remember my childhood experience in a park. I climbed step by step to reach the top of the slide. It was so amazing to see other children playing, trees swaying, flowers smiling and people walking below.

I just thought that I should also be playing with children below. Looking at those children, immediately I slid down. There was a big puddle because of rain. I fell thump into that mud hole. I got hurt and could not play with other children.

Thinking now this incident gives me a message. We work hard step by step to reach our goal but then we just start blindly following people who are still below not working towards any goal. In their company we get misled forget about our own intentions. In this process we hurt ourselves.

After reaching our top goals, being aware of our thoughts, emotions, words and actions will empower us to not fall down and hurt ourselves. At the same time if we want we can Mindfully slide down as well and not hurt ourselves .

Being Mindful while standing at the top of the slide or while sliding down will help us enjoy both.