Success

This is one of my favorite short story which I had read long before and I enjoy narrating it to all my friends from the time I have read it.. Here I go putting it in my own words... The story inspired me a lot and has got quite a lot of deep meaning to it..

Success....

There lived a boy who was inquisitive in knowing more about the life and he experimented various things in his life to know what the world is all about. He researched about scholars and investigated in knowing about how they have reached success and great heights in life. He also went in person to many people to interview them to know about the secret of success. But all went in vain. He couldn’t get the result which he expected. During a holiday time, he came to know about a saint who has visited his city and about his fames. He decided to go to the saint and ask about the secret of Success. One fine morning he went to the Saint and asked what is the secret of achieving Success is? The Saint did not answer him immediately instead, asked the boy to come to him next morning. The next morning, the boy went to the saint and asked the same question of how to get Success in life. The Saint this time asked the boy to come to a near by river the next day morning. The boy with anxiety went to the river the next day morning.

The Saint and the boy met near the river the following day. The boy once again raised the same question. The Saint and the boy walked few distance into the water such that the water leveled near to the neck of the boy. Suddenly to the boy’s surprise the Saint put his hands to the back head of the boy and pushed his face into the water and made him remain into water until his face turned blue. After couple of minutes the Saint released him and boy with difficultly took deep breathe.

The Boy with frustration questioned the saint why you did like that? The Saint then asked the boy what did you required when you were under water. The boy with puzzled face answered him: "I required Air to Breathe". The Saint now explained: “When you want Success as intensely as you wanted air under water then you will achieve it, and this is the secret of success.”