Zgodba o Leni in Ribi.

To ni pravljica.
To je pogovor.
O trenutkih, ki jih srečamo na poti.
In o tem, da reka vedno teče naprej,
ne glede na ovire.
Če reka zaupa svojemu toku,
morda lahko tudi mi.
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A Conversation with the Fish.
The story of Lena and the Fish.
This is not a fairy tale.
It is a conversation.
About the moments we meet along the way.
And about the river,
which always keeps flowing,
no matter the obstacles.
If the river can trust its own current,perhaps we can too.

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LISTEN

Sometimes silence answers too.

Some conversations begin only when we stop looking for other people.
That is when Lena met the Fish.
— How do you know where to swim?
The Fish looked at the current.
— I don't.
—"Then why do you keep swimming?
The Fish smiled.
— Because a river doesn't need to know where it is going.

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FOLLOW

Every depth holds its own story.

For the first time, Lena swam after the Fish.
The light from the surface faded behind them.
— Aren't you afraid?
The Fish kept looking ahead.
— I'm more afraid of standing still."

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FEAR

Not every wall is real

Lena stopped before a massive rock.
— I thought fear was protecting me.
The Fish looked at her calmly.
— Fear is most afraid of the day you no longer need it.

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DISTANCE

Distance reveals what fear cannot.

Lena looked back.
The rock that had seemed like an impossible wall was now only one among many.
— What happened to the rock?
The Fish smiled.
— Nothing. You simply stopped making it bigger.

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CARRY

Experience weighs more than opinion.

Lena smiled.
— What is heavier than a stone?
The Fish was silent for a long moment.
— The advice of someone who has never tried to lift it.

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NARROW

Anger leaves no passage.

Lena and the Fish watched the lifeless fish for a long time.
— When does the world become narrow?"
— When emotions begin to shape its banks."

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WIDE

When you make space, life finds a way.

A river begins to flow
where people stop trying to correct it.

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EMPTY

Not everything beautiful can hold life.

The lake was so still it looked painted.
— It's beautiful.
— It is. And empty.
— Why are you dying?
— Too shallow for life. Too beautiful for anyone to notice.
Lena fell silent.
— Why is the lake so shallow?
— Because it believed being beautiful was enough.

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DEPTH

What is real lives beneath the surface.

After a while, Lena knelt beside the water.
— What does the depth hide?
The Fish looked into the dark water.
— Everything that doesn't need to pretend.

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CONTROL

What must flow cannot live inside your hands.

Lena scooped water into her palms.
— Why does it always slip away?
The Fish smiled.
— Because water doesn't know the word 'mine.
— What if I hold on tighter?
The Fish was quiet for a moment.
— Then your hands will be empty even sooner.

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CURRENT

When you let go, life begins to flow through you.

Lena opened her hands.
— So I never really held anything?
— No.
— Then why did it feel as though I had?
The Fish looked at the current.
— Because we become most attached
to what we never truly possessed.

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EMPTY PROMISES

A cracked vessel can never be filled.

Lena lifted a cracked jug.
— When does a jug crack?
The Fish looked at the fracture.
— Long before it begins to leak.
Lena gently ran her hand across the clay.
— Why do people promise so much?
The Fish was silent for a while.
— Because it is easier to fill someone else's hope
than their own emptiness.

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TRUE WORDS

They never ask to be believed.

Lena looked at the full jug for a long time.
— How do you know when a jug is empty?
The Fish looked at the water.
— When you have been drinking only words for too long.
Lena said nothing.
— And what about truth?
The Fish smiled softly.
— Truth never asks you to believe it.
It is enough that you can lean on it.

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JEOLOUSY

The ego crushes what it cannot possess.

Lena looked at the trampled flowers.
— Do people often step on flowers?
The Fish nodded.
— Most often while looking at someone else's garden.
— And then?
The Fish paused.
— Then they wonder why nothing grows in their own.

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ENOUGH

Nothing needs to be taken.

Lena was quiet for a while.
— When does envy end?
The Fish looked at her peacefully.
— When you discover you already have enough.
— Enough of what?
The Fish smiled.
— Enough to stop searching for your life inside someone else's

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BLIND

You cannot see what you refuse to see.

The Fish smiled at Lena.
— Why do you cover your eyes?"
— Because truth hurts.
The Fish answered gently.
— Truth doesn't hurt.
What hurts is discovering
the world was never revolving around you.

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MASK

Beauty can be a clever disguise.

Lena watched the spider's web for a long time.
— It's beautiful… like a necklace.
Is everything that enchants us also good?
The Fish looked at the web.
— No.
— Then why is it so beautiful?
The Fish smiled for a moment.
— Because hunger rarely arrives wearing ugly clothes.

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BE AWARE

What you truly see no longer holds you.

Lena carefully moved the web aside.
— And what do you see now?
The Fish smiled.
— What has been here all along.

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KEEP GOING

The journey continues.

Lena looked at the Fish.
— You're leaving… Is this the end?
The Fish smiled.
— No. It's the beginning.
Lena watched the current for a long time.
— What if I meet another rock?
The Fish looked back one last time.
— Then it simply means you're still swimming.
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