A small story i read in the book Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom (one of the best books i have read so far)
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 whats 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 are 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 are not a wave, you are part of the ocean.
I do not believe that i fully grasp the meaning of this allegory, but from whatever i interpreted of it, it has had a humbling effect on me.
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