There once
was a very wealthy and curious king. This king had a huge boulder placed in the
middle of a road. Then he hid nearby to see if anyone would try to remove the
gigantic rock from the road.
The first
people to pass by were some of the king’s wealthiest merchants and courtiers.
Rather than moving it, they simply walked around it. A few loudly blamed the
King for not maintaining the roads. Not one of them tried to move the boulder.
Finally, a
peasant came along. His arms were full of vegetables. When he got near the
boulder, rather than simply walking around it as the others had, the peasant
put down his load and tried to move the stone to the side of the road. It took
a lot of effort but he finally succeeded.
The peasant
gathered up his load and was ready to go on his way when he say a purse lying
in the road where the boulder had been. The peasant opened the purse. The purse
was stuffed full of gold coins and a note from the king. The king’s note said
the purse’s gold was a reward for moving the boulder from the road.
Moral:- every obstacle presents an
opportunity to improve our condition.
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