A small river was flowing joyfully through valleys and villages. It gave water to the trees, the fields, and the people — and it was proud of its journey.
But one day, the river reached the vast ocean.
Seeing its endlessness, the river became afraid.
“If I enter this ocean,” it thought, “I will disappear forever. I will lose myself.”
The ocean heard the river’s fear and whispered,
“My dear one, to be lost in me is to become me. You won’t disappear — you’ll become infinite.”
The river hesitated, but then surrendered and flowed into the ocean.
And in that moment, it realized — it was the ocean all along.
💫 Moral of the story:
The ego fears losing itself in love, but the soul knows — only by surrendering do we become whole.