The Ocean and the Pool

Once, on a hill overlooking the ocean, lay a pool of water held captive by the walls of a dam, and there in it’s solitude the soul of the pool would gaze out at the ocean and marvel at her beauty and majesty.
Day after day the pool would look upon her and much love grew in the depths of his soul and he longed for the day he could join her.
One day the rains came and the spirit of the rain entered the dam and lay beside the pool and asked that it may join him,
‘I am grateful for your company’ said the pool ‘and I am much heartened by your offer to join with me, however, my only wish is that I may escape this prison of loneliness and rush to the shores of the great ocean that I may join with her, for my soul has been enslaved by her beauty and my spirit longs only to be with her’
And the spirit of the rain felt much sorrow at the pools plight and said,
‘It is within my power to free you from the walls that enclose you, if that is what you truly desire’
‘It is’ replied the pool ‘and I would be grateful of your help and forever in your debt should you release me’
With that the rains again began to fall and enter the dam and the water level rose and pushed the pool to the top of its banks and the soul of the pool was overjoyed and felt much gratitude for the spirit of the rain that had set him free.
The pool made haste down the gentle slopes of the hill and in a short time was at the shores of the great ocean that had long filled his heart with hope and joy, and the soul of the pool said unto the ocean,
‘Long have I lain in the hills above gazing upon your beauty and much have I been mesmerized by your power and gracefulness. I have watched you at night when the moonbeams dance on your waves and in the mornings been awestruck as the sun rises from your depths. I have witnessed the fury of the sky ravage your surface and watched in wonder and amazement as your inner beauty shines through and calms the gods of thunder and lightning. Long have I yearned to be with you and now that I have escaped the prison of my solitude, I come to you, not as a stranger, but as a soul that has been enlightened by your presence. I come to you as one who’s only desire is to pour his soul into yours and to become as one with you, to share your joys and sorrows for all of eternity’
And the ocean in silence sent waves upon her shores and formed a channel that the pool may enter, and the soul of the pool mingled with the soul of the ocean, and the spirit of the rain rejoiced.