11ᵗʰ September, 2021. 7 am !
I reached riverbank of Ganges, removed my footwear and touched that sand with my feet. I have never experienced such soft sand ever! Soothing morning breeze was already soothing my mind. It felt so calm!
I just kept walking, first on that soothing sand then on the rocks deposited on the riverbank. I put my feet in the chilled water. For few moments I could feel the cold and I was literally shivering. I don't know what happened in next few moments; now it wasn't the same cold water. I was feeling warm, the touch of water of Ganges was warm. It was same feeling of warmth kid feels, when she hugs her mother!
After a while when I turned back and started walking back on the sand, it was softer than before. It was the same soft sand, it's just that after walking on the hard stones, feeling of walking on sand was much more soothing.
The incident reminded me of 2 lessons-
Things might look tough in the beginning before we suffer through difficult times but eventually we learn to get adjusted and sail through the situation. Life keeps on giving us only such problems which we can solve.
You cannot understand the true value of happy times unless you have gone through hard ones!
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