DON'T CHANGE THE WORLD
Once upon a time, there was a king who ruled a prosperous country. One day, he went for a trip to some distant areas of his country. When he was back to his palace, he complained that his feet were very painful, because it was the first time that he went for such a long trip, and the road that he went through was very rough and stony. He then ordered his people to cover every road of the entire country with leather.
Definitely, this would need thousands of cows’ skin, and would cost a huge amount of money. Then one of his wise servants dared himself to tell the king, “Why do you have to spend that unnecessary amount of money? Why don’t you just cut a little piece of leather to cover your feet?”
The king was surprised, but he later agreed to his suggestion, to make a “shoe” for himself.
Moral of the Story:
There is actually a valuable lesson of life in this story: to make this world a happy place to live, you better change yourself - your heart; and not the world.
I agree to that statement..very interesting one..
ReplyDeleteIn modern perspective, dont jump to a technologically attractive idea just cos' it brings luxury. Think of the aftermath on human life. We put pesticides, insecticides and fertilizers inthe market and complain they caused pollution. We know that burning of fuel causes pollution but how many "1st World Leaders/nations " have taken a step to promote more environmentally friendly public transportation? In fact we have ego boosting ad campaigns of imported cars in a country almost with kings wanting to cover roads with leather, just to keep up with the Jones!
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