Who is Happy ???
A crow lived in the forest and was absolutely satisfied in life.
But one day he saw a swan.
"This swan is so white," he thought, "and I am so black.
This swan must be the happiest bird in the world."
He expressed his
thoughts to the swan.
"Actually," the swan replied, "I was feeling that I
was the happiest bird around until I saw a parrot, which has two
colors. I now think the parrot is the happiest bird in creation."
The crow then
approached the parrot.
The parrot explained, "I lived a very happy
life—until I saw a peacock.
I have only two colors, but the peacock has
multiple colors."
The crow then visited a peacock in the zoo and saw that hundreds of people had gathered to see him.
After the people had
left, the crow approached the peacock. "Dear peacock," the crow said,
"you are so beautiful. Every day thousands of people come to see you.
When people see me, they immediately shoo me away.
I think you are the
happiest bird on the planet."
The peacock replied,
"I always thought that I was the most beautiful and happy bird on the
planet.
But because of my beauty, I am entrapped in this zoo.
I have examined the
zoo very carefully, and I have realized that the crow is the only bird
not kept in a cage. So for past few days I have been thinking that if I
were a crow, I could happily roam everywhere."
That's our problem
too.
We make unnecessary comparison with others and become sad.
We don't
value what has God given us.
This all leads to the vicious cycle of
unhappiness.
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