One day a raging fire engulfed a forest. Frightened, all the animals fled their homes and ran out of the forest. From the distance, they watched the fire feeling powerless. Every one of them thought there was nothing they could do about the fire, except for a little sparrow.
It swooped into a stream, picked up a few drops of water, went into the forest and put them on the fire. It kept going back, again and again. All the other animals watched in disbelief; some tried to discouraging and disparaging the sparrow with comments like, ‘your little efforts will have no impact.’ The little bird said, ‘I am doing what I can’
The story was told by Makarand Anaspure during his interaction with the audience at the Goa Environmental Festival. Makarand along with Nana Patekar started the NAAM foundation in September 2015. NAAM is a manifestation of human spirit in response to the devastating conditions of drought affected farmers in Maharashtra.
Makarand was speaking as a rejoinder to a question whether small efforts could cope with the gigantic problem of drought. He insisted that the history would remember the little bird as one who fought the fire. He insisted that we must choose to be part of the solution rather than be motionless onlookers. We must do our bit!
It is the little drops that turn a dry patch into a wet one. It is the little drops that eventually make a sea. We must not be overawed into inaction by the magnitude of the challenge. We must focus on sincerely doing everything we can, even if it seems too tad. For the choice is only between doing something and doing nothing!
It swooped into a stream, picked up a few drops of water, went into the forest and put them on the fire. It kept going back, again and again. All the other animals watched in disbelief; some tried to discouraging and disparaging the sparrow with comments like, ‘your little efforts will have no impact.’ The little bird said, ‘I am doing what I can’
The story was told by Makarand Anaspure during his interaction with the audience at the Goa Environmental Festival. Makarand along with Nana Patekar started the NAAM foundation in September 2015. NAAM is a manifestation of human spirit in response to the devastating conditions of drought affected farmers in Maharashtra.
Makarand was speaking as a rejoinder to a question whether small efforts could cope with the gigantic problem of drought. He insisted that the history would remember the little bird as one who fought the fire. He insisted that we must choose to be part of the solution rather than be motionless onlookers. We must do our bit!
It is the little drops that turn a dry patch into a wet one. It is the little drops that eventually make a sea. We must not be overawed into inaction by the magnitude of the challenge. We must focus on sincerely doing everything we can, even if it seems too tad. For the choice is only between doing something and doing nothing!
It is the sincere bit
… that will solve it!
~ Pravin K Sabnis
… that will solve it!
~ Pravin K Sabnis
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