The Rock That Refuses to Move

In the heart of the desert, a lone stone defies camels, ropes, and even divine intervention, forcing reflection on stillness, struggle, and the mind’s illusions.

- Faizaan Bashir

Get strong ropes capable of holding tons. Tie them to camels, and then try to get them to carry a stone lying in the middle of the desert, and witness failure.

The stone doesn't move, not an inch. The ropes and the heavy burden-carrying animals aren't at fault: they are perfectly anchored and correctly positioned. It is the stone that refuses to amble along.

The stone, soft and weightless, sticks to the ground and doesn’t budge. One, two, three, and often occasional, attempts by ropes and camels end in vain.

The situation is gloomy, grim, and perplexing. Earthquakes and sandstorms curse their formidable destructive power, observing this tiny rock isolated, in peaceful tension, suffering under sloth and sluggishness.

The rock, inanimate though it is, has carried this immobile legacy for decades. Animals have surrounded it more than a thousand times, looking at it and pushing it forward or backward.