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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