In a valley carved by time, there flowed a quiet stream called Dhara. It wasn’t as grand as the rivers that rushed through the land, nor as powerful as the roaring waterfalls, but Dhara had a secret strength that the other waters didn’t possess."
One day, a traveler stopped by the stream, weary from his journey. As he knelt to drink from its waters, he noticed the smooth stones that lined Dhara’s bed, shaped perfectly by the stream’s gentle flow. Confused, he wondered how such a soft, quiet stream could have shaped something as hard as stone.
An old man sitting nearby smiled as he watched the traveler.
“The strength of Dhara is not in force,” he said. “It’s in persistence. While other waters crash and roar, Dhara flows steadily, never stopping. Over time, its gentle flow wears down the hardest stone. It may seem soft, but it shapes everything it touches, slowly, patiently.”
The traveler realized that power wasn’t always about intensity. Sometimes, the greatest strength comes from moving forward, step by step, without giving up. The quiet stream had carved its own path through persistence, and he understood that he, too, could shape his life in the same way.
