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Be Like Water
Once Socrates was traveling with his companions. They stopped at a place near a river. Socrates asked one of his companion to fetch water from the river. That friend of Socrates went to the river and saw some women washing clothes at the bank of the river.
Photo Credit: Artnet http://www.artnet.com/artists/fedot-vasilievich-sychkov/women-washing-clothes-at-a-river-bank-vtrnu41EtKtaQidsUQj5vQ2 He decided to go further to fetch some clean water. But by moving almost half a kilometer he saw some cows passing the river.
Photo Credit: Gery Pav at Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/1VR0u_eRR9I He noticed that by moving the cows from river the sand at the bottom came on surface and made water unclean. He came back and told others the hole story of water being uncleaned by women and cows. Socrates smiled and told his companion to take rest under the tree. They took rest under the tree for almost 2 hours. Then Socrates ask his same companion to fetch water from river. His friend was surprised to hear that again as he already told him about the water being mixed with dirt. But he respect Socrates so much that he can't deny his orders. He went to river and shocked to see water. The water was so pure and cleaned. He fetched some water and went back to the group. He told them about water being cleaned magically. Socrates smiled again. Socrates said that there was no magic. It's the peculiarity of water. Water takes time but come up clean. It takes some time to settle down the impurities at the bottom. And filtered water comes up at the surface.
Picture Link. https://www.google.com/search?q=impurities+in+water+settling+down&client=ms-android-oppo-rev1&prmd=ivn&sxsrf=ALeKk03laXz5Z2H8c1unZe7a-oECRrJXVQ:1628273774953&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi_ts-_gJ3yAhUyUBUIHWJhDdkQ_AUoAXoECAIQAQ&biw=360&bih=628#imgrc=rKnQ955Elwp0EM&imgdii=3c-32U2lxPTiRM Socrates advised his companions to Be Like Water Whenever some thoughts make your mind impure then just take time, stay calm and be at the your favorite place. After sometime your mind will throw all impurities at the bottom and will decide better for you. Never take decisions in anger and hurry. The best decision will be the one which you take in relaxation. Whenever misunderstanding happen in any relationship then instead of shouting and being angry just give time to the relation... The impurities and misunderstanding will fade out automatically. Socrates advised them to rise argument not voice while arguing with someone. He said that never shout while talking with anyone. He asked his companion a question: "**Why people shout while arguing**?" When no one answered the question then he answered that: when two persons get angry with each other the distance between their hearts increases. Although they are close physically but their hearts are so distant. Due to distancing between hearts they feel that they are so distant to each other. That's why to cover the distance they shout. The more the distance between hearts the higher will the amplitude of the voice. And if they give time and respect to each other then the impurities in the heart will surely settle down at the bottom and pure love will come out at the surface. Final Thoughts I am totally agreed with Socrates. We have to give time to relation at least. The impurities will surely fade out and pure love will immerge. Another point we can conclude from this is being like water means solving our problems ourselves. No will come and solve your problems. Its you who can solve your problems. Thanks for reading beautiful people 💕 hope you like it. Some interesting recent article: **3 Stages Of Lockdown!** https://read.cash/@Cineholic/three-stages-of-lockdown-b2755952 **Welcome To Pakistan!** https://read.cash/@Cineholic/rich-in-culture-and-traditions-d3663784
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29 comments
Right. It's good to have others who help us but most of the time, it's us who should face it.
Indeed.. no one will come to solve our problems.. its us who have to face them.
What a powerful message! Humble yourself in every situation, it may take time but it'll be worth it.
Yup... It takes time for a water to be pure itself ❤️
Very well said. Deciding and talking while in anger will not do any good. Keep calm and think. Be humble.
Taking decision in anger will mess up life not only our but many lives.
True. That is why it is really important to take everything in a calmly manner. Not easy, but will get used to it.
You have a good point there, friend. Talking while mad is not good as it can result in us saying bad things that we will regret later on. We must have a clear mind like clear water before speaking. :)
Indeed.. take time... Be clear and then we should go for a decision.
I definitely agree on this. It’s always a matter on how to be humble and settle things down without any anger since anger won’t gives better decisions.
True... Decisions made in anger are devastating.
Yes, that is the reason my partner also don't believed me deciding things between anger. 😅
It's better to not talk when you're mad because if you do, you'll let out words that you will surely regret.
Yes.. most of people talk shit in anger and then regret saying that.
Indeed shouting is no good when you are arguing with someone it will make the problem big and no one will going to listen to each other. I agree with what you stated here that we should not make a decision when we are angry.
Anger always cause disaster... So we should calm down before taking any decisions.
Coool rambling! I am amazed! 😊
Thanks for reading 💕
This is very helpful. When were not on our best emotion we should remind ourselves to stay calm and wait for your thoughts to settle. Because the more you talk, the more chaos there will be.
Yes the more you talk in anger the more you shit in relation.
Distance hearts? Never knew this before but this is true that when we are in bad mood or angry with each then we should be claim as like the river water clean issue. But this is not easy as like socrates said. In fact, only wise people have this ability.
Indeed it takes a lot of patience and experience.
without any doubt!
That's really wise analogy. We should be more in control of our emotions and not let it get the best of us. A lot of situations have escalated to a worst situation because of being hot headed. Choose peace above all else.
Indeed... Peace above all 👌❤️
I like your Article. It should be read by people who are quick to get angry, The difficulty of talking to a hot -headed person should be like water that just Relax always speak to better understand each other 😊
Thanks for reading 🙂 Decisions made in anger and hurry always cause damage to relation.
Well yes I think that's it if we talk more about any problem and think well and think about it. It's great. It will be very helpful.
We need to be calm at all times.. If anger will consume us .it's our lost.. And sometimes solving our problem on our own will help us grow..by doing so we can asses of limit and we should surpass it.