Once a father and son went to the kite flying festival. The young son became very
happy seeing the sky filled with colorful kites. He too asked his father to get him a
kite and a thread with a roller so he can fly a kite too. So, the father went to the
shop at the park where the festival was being held. He purchased kites and a roll
of thread for his son.
His son started to fly a kite. Soon, his kite reached high up in the sky. After a
while, the son said, “Father, It seems that the thread is holding up a kite from
flying higher, If we break it, It will be free and will go flying even higher. Can we
break it?” So, the father cut the thread from a roller. The kite started to go a little
higher. That made a son very happy.
But then, slowly, the kite started to come down. And, soon it fell down on the
terrace of the unknown building. The young son was surprised to see this. He had
cut the kite loose of its thread so it can fly higher, but instead, it fell down. He
asked his father, “Father, I thought that after cutting off the thread, the kite can
freely fly higher. But why did it fall down?”
The Father explained, “Son, At the height of life that we live in, we often think that
some things we are tied with and they are preventing us from going further higher.
The thread was not holding the kite from going higher, but it was helping it stay
higher when the wind slowed down and when the wind picked up, you helped the
kite go up higher in a proper direction through the thread. And when we cut the
thread, it fell down without the support you were providing to the kite through the
thread”.
The son realized his mistake.
Moral: Sometimes we feel that we can progress quickly and reach to the newer
heights in our life if we were not tied up with our family, our home. But, we fail to
realize that our family, our loved ones help us survive the tough time in our lives
with their support and encourage us to reach higher heights in our life. They are
not holding us, but are supporting us. Never let go of them.
