THE TREASURE GAINED AND THE TREASURE LOST
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The story told here
is about two young brothers and happens in a port . Their father was an
expert fisherman, Good navigator of a capricious sea , sometimes tolerant
and other times , dangerous to the point of anxiety and death .
This
man was tanned by the sun , the salt , the water and the constant work ,
which made him to be of a deep , sensitive and reflective nature .
The father used to say to his children : - Let's give thanks to God, who has created this prodigious sea, full of wealth and treasures , let's respect and let's take what is necessary . We don't need too many things to reach happiness . Since a good served table and to work in the sea are enough and give much more
One of the brothers
was respectful and dedicated . He tried very hard to understand and to
apply the experiences of his father of the mysteries of the sea .
Since early childhood , he knew that his way was between the waves , the
fish and the horizon . And also that every day he would have to love his work and the sea might give or take everything in an instant .
That one day , he would
become a worthy fisherman as his father , for whom he felt respect and
fondness .
His father was a torch of light that would guide him in the roughest sea and he would bring peace and prosperity for him and his family . This man in our story , definitely was sincere , hard-working , unaffected and very respectful.
While the other
brother's thoughts were : My father is an old man , a boat that got lost
between the waves , a piece of timber that sinks all day long and the
flavor of fisherman that I can't stand any more .
He did not respect him , since he thought that the sea and his old father were only a nightmare . He preferred not to listen and he used to say : -The sea has no secrets . It is repetitive and boring , it only knows how to come and go . What can it teach me ? The fish are good to sell but for nothing else . We have been catching them for many years now , and the poor fools keep rising and coming to die in our nets . What is good or valuable here ? There is only sand , a hot sun, a storm in the beach . What is good about the life of a fisherman who puts only fish in his table?. There is nothing here worth to know and to value . While the old father kept on teaching and kept on warning . And since life passes and nothing stays , one day the father delivered his life to the sea of infinity, where the stars are the line of the horizon and where the boat of life never returns to the port of this world . And the time came when his children had to face the day and they sailed in their boats . This time the sea seemed calm , pleasant , soft , as a kind mother . And since there was plenty of fish , the brothers went beyond reasonable limits.T he prudent brother thought : " I must remember not to be too ambitious and to respect the treasures of the sea “ And he turned and went back to the beach and to that port that saw him being born . At the same time, the other brother with the mind full of ambition, was thinking : " Today is a good day for fishing . Why should I return ? I will go as far as I can and will fill my boat because this is a dumb sea and the wealth of today has to be completely mine"He also saw the image and the memory of his father who seemed to warn him: " The sea , truly is jealous of its wealth . If you don't respect it , you will condemn yourself and it will take you , it will sacrifice you and you will die because of your vanity . Your flesh will be eaten by the fish and your bones will sink in the deep of this generous but fierce sea . You already have what you need , even more . Go back now , while there is time " But this other son, did not listen to the warnings, that his heart was interpreting and reading from beyond . He kept on going , throwing his nets and it happened that suddenly the sea became mad . The soft and delicate waves became so rough as if touched by the demon . They became gigantic and in addition , the sun hid . The night was arriving and the sea was roaring.
The boat was too
full and the water started entering and filling the boat while the
captured fish were stimulated by the water and began to jump out .
The man who did not
want to listen , found himself sinking into the sea , surrounded by
water and plenty of fish , in which , he was sinking .
Less than an
hour passed and there was no boat . The fish were free again in their
element . While the man was in the middle of two immensely dark and
black infinites : The sky did not have stars that night and the sea was
dark as oil .
The man was losing
his strength , he had lost everything and he was going to lose even more
. He would lose his life .
There were neither illusions nor dreams not even tomorrow would come . He would lose everything for not having listened for not having respected the wisdom of his forefathers .
The
man knew that soon he would die and he would become food for the sea and
the fish . He was very distressed and the salt of his tears were
mixed with the salt of the sea and with a few words , he was asking life
, the sea and his father who was living in the stars , to rescue him .
Nevertheless he lost
his strength . He
got cramps in his legs and arms and he began to sink as a piece of metal
, to swallow water by mouth and nose . And the sea that had served him -that had rocked
and lulled him to sleep, today would take him .
His bones would bury in the infinite depth of the sea that he did
not want to understand and respect.
And he sank, losing
consciousness and control . Then , it seemed that a door of silence was
opened and the anguish became calm . It was death that was coming to
embrace him and to steal the kiss of existence that once life gave
him .
But , oh mystery of
mystery , when death was almost touching , taking him , without
realizing , he stayed as contained , as returning to the womb of an
affectionate mother .
In a moment he was
reborn , not of a womb but of a few nets , from the boat of his
brother . The brother, after arriving to the port , learned that the
other brother had not returned . Then he disembarked a small part of the
fish and returned to the sea . And to accelerate he returned the fish to
the sea and he came just on time to save the irresponsible , immature
brother , who never wanted to listen .
It was
dawn , when they returned to the beach . And the
brother who knew, how to listen , said to the one who had been born
again :
- I will never
forget this day . I have had great treasures even yesterday , but I had
to return them to the sea , but I do not repent . Today I felt the
breath of my father in me . I could listen to him and I am returning
to the port with a greatest treasure because I thought that you were
lost and today I can embrace you .
This is the treasure that our
father left us . Today we are richer , not for what we took but for what
we left and because we learned to listen .
And both brothers embraced
each other. |
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