A quote from the book "Tuesdays With Morrie" by Mitch Albom:
"I heard a nice little story the other day", Morrie says.
He closes his eyes for a moment and I wait.
"Okay. The story is about a little wave, bobbing along in the ocean, having a grand old time. He's enjoying the wind and the fresh air, until he notices the other waves in front of him, crashing against the shore".
'My God, this is terrible', the wave says. 'Look what's going to happen to me'!
"Then along comes another wave. It sees the first wave, looking grim, and it says to him, 'Why do you look so sad'? "The first wave says, 'You don't understand! We're all going to crash! All of us waves are going to be nothing! Isn't it terrible?'
"The second wave says, 'No, you don't understand. You're not a wave, you're part of the ocean'".
"I heard a nice little story the other day", Morrie says.
He closes his eyes for a moment and I wait.
"Okay. The story is about a little wave, bobbing along in the ocean, having a grand old time. He's enjoying the wind and the fresh air, until he notices the other waves in front of him, crashing against the shore"."Then along comes another wave. It sees the first wave, looking grim, and it says to him, 'Why do you look so sad'? "The first wave says, 'You don't understand! We're all going to crash! All of us waves are going to be nothing! Isn't it terrible?'
"The second wave says, 'No, you don't understand. You're not a wave, you're part of the ocean'".
I smile. Morrie closes his eyes again. "Part of the ocean," he says, "part of the ocean". I watch him breathe, in and out, in and out."
This means we should accept the fact that although we must die physically, in a spiritual sense, we continue to exist in the hearths and minds of those we knew and loved.
As people gain experience and wisdom, recognition that we are all part of a continuous circle of life is achieved and an appreciation for the part we all play in the cosmos is attained.
