The silent elephant

Hello friends,

I recently came across a short story with good morals behind it that I wanted to share with my blog readers. It involves a mosquito that saw an elephant crossing a bridge and asked for a ride,

Mosquito: Hello, mate! Do you mind if I sit on your back and give some company as you cross the bridge?

The elephant said nothing. The mosquito sat on the elephant's back & felt very proud that he could persuade the elephant to be a co-rider.

As they were crossing the bridge, the mosquito cried out,

Mosquito: Watch out!! The two of us are very heavy, make sure the bridge does not collapse!

The elephant remained silent to the mosquito's comments.

As they finished crossing the bridge, the mosquito said,

Mosquito: See, how I guided you safely through! 

The elephant said nothing.

Finally, the mosquito got off the elephant's back and buzzed,

Mosquito: If you need any help in the future, don't hesitate to contact me.

The elephant thought that it heard some whisper somewhere but dismissed it as a daydream and marched on...

The following are the two takeaways that I found out from this story,

Moral 1: You are an elephant with enormous qualities with full control on your life. No matter what you do, people having "mosquito"-like-attitude will always disrupt you, criticize you, mock you but you need to remember the fact that you are the boss and no one is in-charge of your happiness. So, just ignore such people and their criticisms and move on with your life.

Moral 2: The elephant is the enormous flow of our life. The mosquito is our restless ego that thrives by sucking life's attention. There is an interior life beyond our ego that is connected to a vast and infinite expanse of awareness.

Hope you guys liked this short moral story.

See you soon with another post!

-Thejas 😄