A Candle
One evening a man took a small candle from a box and began to climb a long winding stairway.
The start of an avalanche is a little drop of snow and as it rolls it becomes a mighty.
"Without knowing what I am and why I am here, life is impossible." - Leo Tolstoy
"Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle,
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"Where are we going?" asked the candle. "We're going up higher than a house to show the ships the way to the harbor."
"But no ship in the harbor could ever see my light," the candle said. "It is so very small."
"If your light is small," the man said "just keep on burning brightly and leave the rest to me."
When they reached the top of the long stairs, they came to a large lamp. Then he took the little candle and lit the lamp.
Soon the large polished mirrors behind the lamp sent beams of fight out across the miles of sea.
When the sun shines what can a little candle do? But in the thick darkness of the night
even the little candle gets its importance as it expels the darkness. Each of us has our little role to play
in this life here on earth. When we keep shining and do our duties diligently we become important to the world
and find our purpose of life. Our role may be significant or insignificant but what is important
how ardent and sincere are we in pursuing it without discouragements.
change the lives of others without you knowing it. Can I be the light to my life and the life of others?
How significant is my light? Do I value my own light?
What efforts do I take to pass on the light from my little candle to others?
and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared." -- Buddha
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