One day the drop, tired of swimming against the river's current and longing to return to the spring, had a dream of a different place. It was immense, vast, deep. Her eyes sparkled with joy. From one moment to the next, the desire to return to the spring disappeared; it was to that place that she wanted to go.
She then asked God what that place was and what she had to do to get there. God simply replied: "It's called the Ocean and you don't have to do anything to get there, you just have to trust me". She replied: "Yes, I do. But if I've dreamt of this place, it's certainly because I have to prepare myself, swim with more endurance, strengthen my muscles. Tell me, what should I do?". God replied: "You don't have to do anything, just trust in me and you'll get there."
She then let herself be carried away by the current of the river, something she hadn't done for a long time because she had spent most of her life swimming against the current to try to reach the spring, always staying in the same place. But to her despair, her first experience of letting herself be carried away by the current was falling into a 100-meter-high waterfall. She was confused, lost, and angry: what had just happened? How could life have brought her that experience if she had decided to trust in God? She was furious: "I trusted you and you made me fall down that waterfall?". And God replied: "If you're angry with me, it's because you didn't trust. The waterfall is just part of the experience you need to get to the ocean. Didn't you tell me that you wanted to fulfill your dream of getting there?". To which she replied: "But if I'd swum instead of floated, I could have escaped the waterfall and I wouldn't have gone through all this". And God said, "Yes, you are right. If you had swum, if you had done things from your personal will, you would certainly have avoided the waterfall, but you would still be upstream, stuck in your choices and unable to realize your dream of reaching the ocean. You'd be busy with little things that would keep you entertained, even happy, but the ocean would remain like a mirage, further and further away until it faded from your mind. So I ask you: What do you really want? To reach that ocean and realize the dream you had, or to keep swimming back and forth in search of ephemeral little states of happiness that, like fireworks, soon fade away in the dry smell of gunpowder and the dark night?". She replied: "I want the ocean, only the ocean". And God said: "Then my dear drop, lie back and let yourself be carried away, enjoying and savoring every moment I bring you, because it's going to be quite a journey! Are you ready?". "Yes," she said, smiling. And then she fell down a 300-meter-high waterfall. And never she felt so Happy, Alive, and Joyful as she did at that moment.
Pedro Elias
