Stories of Kindness from Around the World

The story I read illustrates the point that dreams are to be lived and not to die.

There were once 2 brothers who lived on the 80th level. On coming home one day, they realized to their dismay that the lifts were not working and that they have to climb the stairs to get home.

After struggling to the 20th level, panting and tired, they decided to abandon their bags and come back for them the next day. They left their bags then and climbed on. When they had struggled to the 40th level, the younger brother started to grumble and both of them began to quarrel. They continued to climb the flights of steps, quarreling all the way to the 60th floor.

They then realized that they had only 20 levels more to climb and decided to stop quarreling and continue climbing in peace. They silently climbed on and reached their home at last. Each stood calmly before the door and waited for the other to open the door.

It was then they realized that the key was in their bags which was left on the 20th floor.

This story is emblematic of how we live our lives. Many of us live under the expectations of our parents, teachers, and friends when we are young. We seldom get to do the things that we really like and love and are under so much pressure and stress so that by the age of 20, we get tired and decide to dump the load because it just feels that it can't be worth the agony.

Being free of the stress and pressure, we work enthusiastically and dream ambitious wishes.

But by the time we reach 40 years old, we start to lose our vision and dreams as it slowly begins to slip from our fingers. We begin to feel unsatisfied and start to emit complaints and criticisms out into the world. We live life as miserable human beings  who never seem to be satisfied. Reaching 60, we realize that we have little left to complain about anymore, and we began to walk the final episode in peace and calmness.

While we think that there is nothing left to disappoint us, we come to this pivotal moment in our life understanding realizing that we cannot rest in peace because we have yet to fill and unfulfilled dream that we discarded 60 years ago.

The brightside is, your dream can come alive at any moment! Whether you're on the 20th, 40th, or even 60th floor, wake up to your dream and live it!