The Leaf of a Rose Tree

In a forest, there was a pond. Near the pond, there was a garden having different varieties of plants and trees. Tourists from various places used to visit the garden. They used to praise the garden for its beauty. A leaf on one of the rose trees daily used to see the tourists praising the beauty of roses on the tree. He thought that maybe some tourist would praise him also. Many days passed, but the tourists only used to praise the beauty of flowers. When nobody praised the leaf even after so many days, he started feeling himself in destitution. Many thoughts started coming all over his mind, "All these people are praising the roses and all other flowers but none of them ever appreciated me. Maybe my life is useless. I am nothing in front of these beautiful flowers...." Thinking all these things, he started remaining extremely sad.

Many days passed this way, and on one day a strong storm hit the forest. The garden also got severely hit by the storm. The trees and plants started getting destroyed. All flowers fell on the ground and lost their charm in dust. The leaf also got detached from the branch. He flew in the air and fell on the pond. He saw that at some distance, an ant also fell in the pond. She started struggling to save her life. However, it was getting very difficult for her to save her life. She gradually started giving up and her death was getting closer to her. Seeing all this, the leaf said to the ant, "Don't worry, I will help you." After saying this, he took the ant and kept her on himself. He kept the ant on himself during the storm and by the time the storm calmed down, he reached to the poolside. The ant came down from the leaf and sat on the ground. She happily started thanking to the leaf and said, "I am so grateful to you. You have been so kind to save my life. Thank you so much!!"

The leaf, filled with emotions, replied, "In-fact I should thank you. I have realized my potential only because of you. For the first time, I am feeling that my life is not a waste and I have understood my own strength. I have understood that everyone has some qualities. Nobody should feel themselves to be useless. They should try to find their quality that might have been hidden to themselves, and do something for betterment of themselves and the world."