By Advait Patil
Lessons from Nature
WATER
I was told
Just be like the river, always flow.
Accept everything that’s thrown,
Find a way to go on.
Be so kind and pure,
Like a droplet of water.
EARTH
Be soft like mud,
Yet hard as a boulder
Erode away
Then reform
Change and create new things
Be like the earth.
WIND
Act as the morning breeze,
Light and swift.
Act like the evening wind,
Soft and cool.
Stay calm, don’t be a gale.
Be like the wind.
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Correction: Advait Patil's last name was misspelled in the original publication of this article. It is spelled correctly here now. We apologize for any confusion.
