On a winter evening....

It was a cold winter evening. She was alone and had nothing to do. After sipping some tea, she put on her coat and boots and went outside for a walk. She kept walking, feeling the cold breeze in her hair, until she realized that she had reached the dead end of the town. Here, there was a lake and the air was chiller. She decided to walk up to the edge of the lake. Hundreds of ducks were swimming in the lake and she could hear their shrill quacking sounds. It was starting to get dark, the lake was covered by a thick mist and the fog was dense enough so that it gave the place a very smoky feel. With her eyes, she could not see the objects very clearly, but it was just then that reality struck her. For the first time, things started to become clear in her head, for the first time, she saw the meaning of everything and the purpose of everything. This small incident changed her life and views on life in a significant manner. In a sense, she started to think of herself as being enlightened. To be precise, she realized that how useless were the things that she learned in class. What she wanted to know and understand was far beyond the scope of any of her lectures on economy. She wanted to understand life. What was her purpose of being on this planet? Where did life, anyway, came from? Is their really a separate God or is He within all of us? The questions may seem to be very basic, but she knew that the answers won't be that easy.. and so, to edify herself, she began her search for truth and knowledge....