Something we can never get back in our lives.

Once upon a time, there lived a hermit in a forest in a village. The monk was spending all his time in meditation and penance.

It is a very difficult thing to become a disciple of that hermit because the hermit does not want to accept anyone as his disciple so easily, and accepts those who come to him as disciples after passing various tests.

On learning about that saint, a man wanted to join him as a disciple and immediately went to his place to see him.

Approaching the monk, he said I want to join you as a disciple. The ascetic quietly asked why you wanted to join me as a disciple?, and he said, "I came with the desire to learn many mystical tricks from you." Immediately the monk sent him away saying that I do not want to accept such a person as a disciple.

That disciple also came the next day and asked again, Sir, accept me as your disciple, why have you come now? The monk again asked, Sir, I want to learn something from you that you teach. The monk also said that you should be my disciple. He was his disciple for many years but did not learn much.

The patient disciple also said goodbye to his master and left saying that he wanted to learn another art. After almost five years, the disciple again came to the place.

Seeing his disciple the monk inquired after five years what have you been learning? The disciple said with great enthusiasm that I have been learning the trick of walking on water.

Hearing this, the monk laughed merrily! You have wasted five years of your life, why should we try for five years to walk on water, just come with me and see what I have done in these five years! He took him to the nearby river bank.

A beautiful bridge was built there, and the disciple was surprised! Who built this beautiful bridge here? He asked. That monk said it was built by me, and during these five years in my free time, I would come and sit on this river bank and then if I had to cross this river bank I thought it would be good to have a bridge.

So I finished building this bridge bit by bit in my spare time. He said this is a beautiful bridge I got during my spare time in five years. Time in our life should never be wasted. We must spend our time on the right path for the right purpose.

  The truth is that what does not come is time and time.