Happy Peasant
❤️Dear Friends❤️
๐I wish you Blissful Night๐
๐I am sharing an insightful story
๐น Title๐น
๐Happy Peasant by J. P. Vaswani๐
๐A king once set out in disguise to discover for himself the happiest man in his kingdom. ๐
Having met hundreds of people, at long last he came across a poor peasant, singing happily as he tilled the soil. There was such a radiant joy on his face that the king was drawn irresistibly towards him. ๐
๐“Dear friend,” he said to the peasant. “Tell me the secret of your joy.” ๐
๐“It’s very simple, really,” said the
peasant. ๐
๐น“One-fourth of what I earn, I repay as the debt I owe; ๐น
๐ปone-fourth, I invest in the future;๐ป
๐ฟone-fourth, I give away in charity๐ฟ
๐and one-fourth, I spend on my duty.”๐
๐The king was thoroughly bewildered.
He asked the peasant to explain
further. ๐
๐งก“My parents gave me the great gift of life. ๐งก
๐I owe them a deep debt of gratitude.๐
๐ I now cherish them and look after them in their old age.๐
๐One fourth of my income is thus spent in repaying this debt๐
๐“My children represent the future.
I spend one-fourth of my income on feeding, clothing and educating them.
This is my investment in the future.” ๐
๐“Though I am poor,,there are people worse off than me.
I help them as much as I can, and one-fourth of my income is spent on charity.”๐
❤“My wife has placed her trust in me.
It is my duty to love and protect her till the end of my life.
One-fourth of my income is spent on giving her a good home.❤
๐“This is the secret of my
happiness!”๐
๐Moral:๐
๐ True happiness comes from discharging your obligations and duties towards God, family and others and not on wealth, name and fame!๐
๐Good Night๐
❤๐Kind Regards❤๐
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