April — Understand Your Purpose
April was a very friendly dog, who was always happy playing and wagging her tail at everyone. She had a shiny yellow fur, but that was not the only special thing about her. April didn’t know why, but she had always liked the red flower. Whenever she thought of it, she became happy and full of energy. This red flower in her mind has five petals and each petal has the exact same shape. She couldn’t stop thinking about the red flower, so she decided to leave her family and friends to go on a quest to find the perfect flower.
At first, she was alone. She didn’t know where to go. She ran all over the place searching for the flower. One day she met someone riding on a pink elephant.
This person had a white aura around him and when he came to her, she felt time stand still. He introduced himself to her. His name was Nihal and he was a businessman who traveled all over the world trading things to help people solve their problems. She asked him if he knew anything about the red flower. At first he didn’t say anything but then he told her for anything she was looking for, she needed to slow down or she would miss it.
“I have something for you to use on your journey. This is called Time Machine, it can help you find the right opportunity. There’s no one exact way to use it. You just experience it! ”
April examined the piece carefully. The shape of it was intriguing and pretty. Nihal seemed like a mysterious person who knew things. She trusted him. She found that this Time Machine could neither bring her to another timeline to see the secret of her future life, nor slow time down. It simply changed how she experienced time. When the bees came to hang out with her, the time machine made the time they spent together feel much longer, although they were only together for ten seconds!
The bees loved her. They chased after her hips even though she told them she wasn’t a flower. She didn’t stop running but she had fun with the chasing game. She hadn’t had any company before! She soon learned how to seize opportunities and enjoy good moments in her life.
On her journey, she met a lot of people. Some people ignored her and laughed at her because they thought looking for a red flower that only existed in her mind was silly. Others appreciated her and supported her. April felt very lucky that she had made some friends who believed in her and joined her in her quest of finding the perfect red flower. Most people didn’t think it existed at all. Some people talked about the red flower, but nobody had an exact answer of where to find it. She and her friends were exhausted from their search. They traveled far and crossed a lot of mountains, and through many valleys, and crossed dangerous streams, but whenever they found a flower, it just wasn’t the perfect red flower she saw in her mind. One had a red that was way too dark, one only had three petals, and another one had five petals with different shapes. But April was very determined and she had never doubted the existence of the red flower. Her friends didn’t always understand why she had to find it, but they always enjoyed their time with her and supported her because she was very cheerful and kind to others.
When they found a little lake in the forest, they saw it as welcoming way to distract themselves. They all went swimming and playing around in the water. The fish in the lake joined them. April hadn’t felt so relaxed the entire journey, and she forgot her important mission for the first time. She left her friends and went on exploring the lake on her own. While swimming she encountered the pink elephant and some zebrafish. Anywhere the zebrafish swam, things went back to their state of nature. The water became clear, the polluted seagrass turned green again.
When the zebrafish came towards April, April tried to get out of their way. One zebrafish touched her hips when she was swimming away. It tickled. April swam back to her friends. When her friends looked at her, they shouted: “April! You have a red spot on your hips. Did a fish bite you?” April said: “I met some zebrafish.” They examined the red spot closer and realized it was the shape of a red flower. The red flower had exact five petals.
These five petals did not perfectly match each other at all. It wasn’t the perfect flower in her mind. But April was happy for this surprise. Besides the red flower that had always been on herself, she had found happiness, love and a lot of new friends.
I am the creator and storyteller at CounterReality. This story was inspired by my own journey of finding purpose in life. Have you found your purpose? I’d love to hear your story as well. You can find me on Twitter or Facebook.
