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.
The king showed the peasant what
many of us never understand: every obstacle presents an opportunity to improve
our condition.
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