Don't change the world

Rajat Poddar (Qualified CS and CA Finalist)   (3355 Points)

24 June 2013  

 

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...

 

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.