Why'll The Ocean Not Dry Up?

Root of success if lies in tireless task, My will for given task is pretty strong, What if then the ocean is endless long? Why wonder I it'll not dry up, I ask? ______________________________________ This quatrain will make sense only in the light of the following story: A story is it from Ramayana. In search of Sita, Hanuman initially fails to find any clue about her and is disappointed. Wandering clueless, wondering what to do, he sees a small bird on the banks of Indian Ocean frantically diving from the sky, collect water from the ocean in her small beak, and fly away to come back again and again doing the same. He asks the bird what it is up to. ‘My nest has fallen into the ocean and I'm trying to dry it up to recover my nest and the young ones.' Hanuman is taken aback at the bird's resolve, feels ashamed at him to have felt defeated so easily, resumes his search and finds Sita. ___________________________________________ Reflections |17.08.2019| Topic: despair, success, resolve