The gift of life

landscape photograph of body of water

More life to live

This is a second hand story from when I was in intermediate school, so it’s over 20 years old now, but I clearly recall one of my teachers telling it even to this day.

A father and his young son were lost at sea barely hanging on to what remained of their boat as it sat lopsided, slowly sinking into the depths.

As the story goes, the pair only had one life jacket with them. The son tried to plead for the dad to take it, since he was an extremely important and valuable member of the community who had strived hard for a better life for everyone he came across. But the dad simply didn’t have a word of it, for the simple fact that his son had more life to live.

Long story short, the son survived, and this was the story he told.

Not only did that father give his child the gift of life, he also gave him the gift of life. The son now had all the motivation he needed to live life to the fullest.

Sure, it took the life of his father, but whenever the son feels dejected or otherwise down, he has this memory he can tap into to snap back into action and tackle life head on, the way it should be lived.

ENJOYED THIS? HAVE MORE.

MOUNTAINS OF WISDOM

Subscribe to my yamabushi newsletter

RECENT BLOG POSTS

Tim Bunting AKA Kiwi Yamabushi on Zao-san
Why don’t you do that?
Tim Bunting AKA Kiwi Yamabushi on Zao-san
Risk? Or opportunity?
Tim Bunting AKA Kiwi Yamabushi on Zao-san
Fuel for the fire

YAMABUSHI BLOG POSTS

photo of planner and writing materials
Planning for no plans
person standing on riverbank under cloudy day sky
A matter of perspective
man wearing black cap with eyes closed under cloudy sky
Want a smoother life? Default to Uketamo.

RANDOM POSTS

photo of women talking to each other
Understand the other, understand the self
man person flying arm
Accept and Dance
blue water
First 10k week in a while
Tim Bunting Kiwi Yamabushi

Tim Bunting Kiwi Yamabushi

Get In Touch

Sakata City, Yamagata, Japan 

tim@timbunting.com

Share this:

Like this:

Like Loading...
Scroll to Top