English book · Leading A Spiritual Life

Journey of Life, A Flowing River

English book, p. 97

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Journey of Life, A Flowing River advice of the father gives the son the right guidance. He reviews his actions, and re-plans his life and then achieves great success in life. These examples show how important the previous generation is for the new generation. The previous generation bequeaths its wisdom to the new generation. It passes on such formulae as have proved right in the light of practical experiences. In this way, the older generation enables the coming generation to refrain from committing the mistakes which earlier people made, thus incurring great losses. The truth is the previous generation is a valuable gift of nature to the present generation – a gift which cannot be acquired unless granted by nature. If man’s life is like flowing water, in which fresh water continues to be added at every moment, then it will always remain fresh and will never become stale. On the contrary, water which is lying in a closed place, where fresh water is not being added, will lose its freshness. It will become unhealthy. In this matter, the flowing river is a healthy message given by nature and the experience of human history testifies to this in practice.

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