You're Not Alone - A Short Story
Your World Within Podcast by Eddie Pinero
Eddie Pinero
4.9 • 585 Ratings
🗓️ 24 November 2020
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Summary
"Sometimes strength comes in knowing that you are not alone" - Unknown
This episode is a short story about the ups and downs we face as we aim to take control of our lives. Although it may not seem like it in the moment, individual transformation is something we all share. In its own unique way, overcoming difficulty is a bond that ties us together, as we attempt to capture the meaning in life and evolve into better versions of ourselves.
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| 0:00.0 | A little girl walked up to the edge of a river, took a piece of paper out of her pocket, |
| 0:11.1 | folded it into a little boat, and pushed it out into the open water. The little boat made |
| 0:20.7 | its way with the current, kind of unsure where it would take him or what it |
| 0:25.0 | would ultimately mean, and for days he felt helpless, lost. Until one day a storm pushed him to the |
| 0:33.2 | edge of the riverbank. A man picked up the little boat and began examining it. |
| 0:39.3 | Is this my home? asked the little boat. |
| 0:43.3 | Well, wouldn't you be the only one who knows the answer to that? |
| 0:46.3 | The man asked. |
| 0:48.3 | I suppose so, said the boat. |
| 0:50.3 | It doesn't feel like home. |
| 0:53.3 | So the man nodded, started to put the boat back in the water |
| 0:57.0 | before the little boat cried out, wait, I don't want to go back in the water. |
| 1:01.0 | I'm scared, I'm lost, I'm alone. |
| 1:05.0 | The man, with the reassuring smile, pushed the boat back out into the water and said, |
| 1:10.9 | look, I've felt how you feel. |
| 1:13.4 | And I've been where you are. |
| 1:14.7 | I know what it's like to not know where home is, |
| 1:16.9 | but the only way to find it is to carry on. |
| 1:21.9 | That water is your path and little boat you're not alone. |
| 1:27.8 | So the little boat kind of gathers himself, starts making his way down the river. |
| 1:32.6 | A few more hours go by. |
| 1:35.0 | Suddenly he runs into some plants that are popping out over the surface of the water. |
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