A Funny, Feel-Good, Slightly Unhinged Story About Finding Yourself… or at Least Not Losing Your Mind on a Beach.
Bob wasn’t just stuck on a deserted island.
He was stuck with himself.
Which, frankly, was worse.
There were no people.
No mirrors.
No Wi-Fi.
Just Bob... and a coconut that talked more than his Aunt Debbie on espresso.
“Hellooo, Bob,”
said the coconut, lying on a hammock made of seaweed.
“I’m VA. Your inner voice. Also your only friend. Deal with it.”
Bob blinked.
“You’re a coconut.”
VA nodded. “You’re a guy talking to a coconut. We both have issues.”
☀️ Days of Sand and Sass
Bob tried everything to stay sane.
He meditated. He journaled. He even tried talking to the ocean—but the waves kept interrupting.
One day, after stepping on a crab (twice), burning his rice (again), and failing to invent a working espresso machine (tragic), Bob collapsed on the sand.
“I have power over NOTHING!”
he wailed dramatically, like a soap opera star with a sunburn.
VA, sipping imaginary tea, said:
“That’s when it begins, Bob. When you’re not busy being someone… you finally find out who’s left.”
🔥 The Great Fire & Greater Ego
One day, Bob made fire.
Real, flaming, possibly-illegal fire.
He screamed:
“LOOK WHAT I’VE CREATED! I HAVE MADE FIRE!”
He danced. He laughed. He named the flame “San.”
Then he tried to roast seaweed. It tasted like old socks.
🌊 The Coconut Tragedy
One stormy night, VA rolled into the ocean.
“BOB SAVE ME”
“BOB!!!”
“I’M SORRY, VA!”
VA : Hello, “I’M A FRUIT, BOB, NOT A FLOATATION DEVICE!”
And just like that... VA was gone.
Bob cried. Hard. Like, award-winning, dramatic slow-mo crying.
Then he stared at the sky and whispered:
“I’ve got to keep breathing. Because tomorrow, the sun will rise. And who knows… what the tide could bring.”
(The tide brought a soggy flip-flop. Bob named it Kevin.)
🚢 The Rescue
The next morning, a cruise ship appeared.
They saw Bob doing tai chi with a crab and figured he was either enlightened or dangerously sleep-deprived. They rescued him anyway.
Onboard, someone asked, “What’s your name?”
Bob smiled.
“I’m not who I used to be.I lost my Identity but I’m also definitely not VA.”
🎯 MORALS :
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Sometimes losing everything—including your emotionally unstable coconut
—helps you find yourself.
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When life gives you lemons, make fire. When life gives you coconuts, give them names and Just listen.
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The world’s best answers come when you stop talking and just… " BREATHE "
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You don’t need to become someone new.
Think of yourself like an onion (or a banana with an identity crisis):
You’ve picked up layers over the years — beliefs, roles, fears, expectations, social labels.
But many of those layers aren’t you.
They are:
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💼 What your job title says you are
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🧸 What your family expected of you
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🕶️ The cool persona you wear to fit in
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📱 The Instagram version of your life
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😔 The “I’m not good enough” voice that never belonged to you in the first place
"What you are not" also includes:
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You're not your past mistakes
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You're not your anxiety
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You're not your bank balance
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You're not your trauma, though it shaped you
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You're not everyone else's idea of “successful”
Nice funny but intriguing story which makes you think about yourself🤔🤔 Thank you
ReplyDeletePhilosophically it reminded me of SriRamana Maharshi teaching which says you are not your body mind or intelect
But seriously😆😆
True mam :-) I actually got this idea from that Advaita Philosophy only
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