Short story

It's life:: A child asked his father,

"Why do people grow up? Why are you tired? Why are you sorry?"

Dad didn't answer.

But take him to see the sea

I told you to just stand and look at the waves.

The child stood watching for a long time and said

"The waves came and went, and came and went. There was nothing."

So he asked,

"And without waves, would it be the sea?"

The child shook his head.

"No, it's just still water."

So he said softly,

"Life is like the sea.

If only happiness, no suffering.

It's not life. "

The child went silent.

Dad kept talking.

"The waves don't always exist.

Happiness is the same.

The waves didn't disappear forever.

The suffering is the same. "

"What we need to understand in life is not

How to make no waves

But to understand that

The waves are here. They'll be there. "

That child looked at the sea again.

This time he didn't look at the waves.

But he began to understand the sea.

And maybe

The day we began to understand life,

Probably not the day everything got better.

But it could be our date.

Accept that.

Some are not good.

And it's common.