YOUR DREAMS: HOME-DELIVERED
Once upon a time, there lived two brothers, Peter and John. They both were doing good; however, their ideologies were totally different. While Peter called HARD WORK as his mantra of success, John gave the credit to his GOOD LUCK.
“Nothing is impossible for a person who is hard working”, Peter said
“If your time is good, your wishes are delivered at your door-steps” was John’s philosophy.
They loved each other a lot. However, once they started arguing about the supremacy of their own philosophy. The argument reached up-to the wise King. Initially, the King wanted to announce the hard working Peter as right, however, he was dumbfounded after hearing both the sides because of the various examples and arguments provided to him. In fact, all the courtiers and the whole kingdom were divided between two sides.
The king took the matter seriously and after discussion with his trusted courtiers, he announced, “John and Peter have caused a lot of confusion among the society. While I am committed to find the answer, I am also announcing a two day punishment for the brothers in a dark room. When their doors open after two days, I will give my verdict”. Everyone was shocked with the wise King’s unfair decision. However, no one spoke anything.
The dark cell was the worst thing that could happen to Peter and John. They had never been treated like this before. Initially, they held on to each other in the dark prison. Slowly, they got used to of it and then they were using their own philosophies of how to survive 48 hours without any food and supplies. One day passed and the brothers were starving. John started praying his lucky Gods to send him some food while Peter decided to scan the dark prison for anything to eat. Several hours passed, Peter was tired and sweating, john was almost laughing at his vain efforts when suddenly, Peter came across something. He found a loaf of bread in one corner of the prison. The two brothers shared it equally and survived the day.
The next morning, they were presented to the King, who was still undecided. However, the King asked them one last time if they could reach any resolution amongst themselves. Peter said, “Yes my lord, during the prison time, I worked hard and found the bread to survive while John was counting on luck. So, it’s clear that hard work is supreme.” Everyone seemed to agree while John said. “O King! I knew that my luck will bring me food and so it happened. Our luck brought the bread for us in the prison”. The murmurs in the court rose.
King had also done his home work in the mean while. He concluded, “Hard work and Luck are two sides of the same coin. They are equally important but often, one is useless without the other. Only luck is handicapped without hard work and only hard work is blind without luck. So, hard work and good luck are friends of each other. Those who try to separate them, often live a miserable life.” Everyone in the kingdom reflected back in their lives and realized that the King’s conclusion was absolutely true.
If you want your dreams to become reality and be delivered at your door-step, be ready to work hard.
I’m a great believer in LUCK and I find the harder I WORK, the more I have of it. ~ Thomas Jefferson
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