the story of a guy
let me share with you this story about a guy.
a guy was walking by the beach. and somehow, there's pebbles raining from the sky. intrigued by pebbles, the guy decided to collect them. he stretched out his arms and let the pebbles accumulate in his arms.
while acquiring new pebbles, he failed to notice that some pebbles were gradually falling out of his arms. the relentless chase for new pebbles eventually tire him out. and that's when he stopped looking at the sky for new pebbles, and saw many old pebbles scattered over the beach. and in his arms, it was a heavy load of pebbles which he have been running about with.
dropping the whole burden of pebbles in his arms, he decided to backtrack,
picking up the fallen pebbles,
one by one.
a guy was walking by the beach. and somehow, there's pebbles raining from the sky. intrigued by pebbles, the guy decided to collect them. he stretched out his arms and let the pebbles accumulate in his arms.
while acquiring new pebbles, he failed to notice that some pebbles were gradually falling out of his arms. the relentless chase for new pebbles eventually tire him out. and that's when he stopped looking at the sky for new pebbles, and saw many old pebbles scattered over the beach. and in his arms, it was a heavy load of pebbles which he have been running about with.
dropping the whole burden of pebbles in his arms, he decided to backtrack,
picking up the fallen pebbles,
one by one.
posted by Wei Yi at
6:10 PM
2 Comments:
to me, this guy seems to be finding closure. with the assumption that he will be bringing the pebbles to an eventual destination, my reflection will make then sense.
the old pebbles that have fallen out of his hands represent the issues in his life that he has failed to resolve, and are chucked aside, because of newer issues flooding his life.
his dropping of the whole burden of pebbles represents his decision to divert his full attention to resolving those issues. those issues must have been more meaningful to him in order for him to take notice of them, and to put aside the rest. for instance, issues of relationships over finances. these issues may also be the ones that are quietly but surely zapping his zest for life when they remain unresolved... because he eventually felt tired.
he then picks the old pebbles one by one (supposedly to bring them to a final place). this represents him finding closure to those issues.
By
Pei Wei, at 8:53 PM
my interpretation of the story is slightly different.
to me, the pebbles refers to the different aspects of his life. each pebble represent a fragment of his attention. hence there's a limited amount of pebbles he can carry at one go since his attention has a fixed quantity, which resulted in the displacement.
each aspect of his life that he focus his attention on comes with a corresponding amount of burden. some maybe heavier and some maybe lighter but eventually it still accumulates and form the overall amount of burden in his life.
the fallen old pebbles don't necessarily indicate his failure to resolve them, but rather, his choice of overlooking them and chucking them aside as newer occurrences in life robbed him of his attention. they stayed lying on the beach, devoid of his attention.
he chose to focus his attention on these certain aspects of his life and unknowingly, he is bearing the burden of all these parts and pieces which eventually tired him out. to drop the whole burden of newer pebbles signifies his decision to shelve aside all these newer parts of his life. and the reason behind this was not explicitly stated, though it can be assumed that he probably realised those bits of his life lying on the beach unattended to are in fact the more important aspects of his life.
realising that, he decided to pick up bits and pieces of his life that are more significant and important to him, yet the very same ones he forgotten about.
essentially, its about making the right decision in life, to know what's important to focus on.
to delay short term gratification and achieve bliss in the long run.
to understand what he wants and work on them.
to be aware what truly matters to him.
By
Wei Yi, at 10:08 PM
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