Gratitude

Once upon time, a man hated his job 

He was a stonemason who wl all day for miserable salary
He wished he could be rich and idle all day
His wish was so intense that one day a voice came and said,
You are what u want to be, he became rich immediately.
He cold have everything he wanted, house, food, entertainment.
He idled all day enjoying riches.

He was happy until one day he saw a king pass by
Saw his power
Wanted to be as powerful as a king
Voice came and he became king
Most powerful man in the worlds
All feared and obeyed him

Happy for a while until he become dissatisfied again
Saw sun in the sky, wanted to be the dun cos more pwrful
He became sun, big, strong and bright
Nothing cld exist without him

But later notice clouds below him and cld block him
They were light and mobile
Can take any shape
Wanted to be the clouds, he became a cloud
Happy, took diff shapes, mobile.

But soon cloud condensed into raindrops and struck a rock of granite. Rock strong, raindrops burst onto rock and flowed onto earth and disappear forever. How wonderful to be a rock.

Instantly he became a rock.
He found stability. Felt secure and solid
Then one day figure approach with a large hammer.
It was a stoenmason, strike hammer agst him
Sharp pain.
Stonemason was stronger than him

Thus the stonemason became the stonemason again.
This time he was happy.
Cutting stone became an art
Sound of hammer became music
End of the day, felt sense of satisfaction for a job well doen
Night in bed dream of cathedral his stones were helping to build
There was nothing better than what he was.

     It was... 

Lesson:

A basic change from restless dissatisfaction "i want this, i want that" to gratitude " i am thankful for what i have" Gratefulness is heaven itself.

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