Who is Happy? The Peacock and The Crow
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.”
MORAL:
That’s our problem too. We make unnecessary comparison with others and
become sad. We don’t value what God has given us. This all leads to the
vicious cycle of unhappiness. Learn to be happy in what you have
instead of looking at what you don’t have. There will always be
someone who will have more or less than you have. Person who is
satisfied with what he/she has, is the happiest person in the world.
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