Words For This Journey

This is a collection of stories and articles which I came across over the years. Most of them through emails that was forwarded to me, others, I came across myself while surfing the net. Some, I will forward them to a group as a post to be archived there. Many of them though, were deleted. Now, I decided to share it and post it up on this blog. At least, now I can come back and read them another times. So, here they are. Hope it would inspire you as most of them inspired me. Enjoy!

Saturday, May 20, 2006

The Obstacle in Our Path



In ancient times, a King had a boulder placed on a roadway. Then he hid himself and watched to see if anyone would remove the huge rock. Some of the king's wealthiest merchants and courtiers came by and simply walked around it. Many loudly blamed the king for not keeping the roads clear, but none did anything about getting the stone out of the way.

Then a peasant came along carrying a load of vegetables. Upon approaching the boulder, the peasant laid down his burden and tried to move the stone to the side of the road. After much pushing and straining, he finally succeeded.

After the peasant picked up his load of vegetables, he noticed a purse lying in the road where the boulder had been. The purse contained many gold coins and a note from the king indicating that the gold was for the person who removed the boulder from the roadway. The peasant learned what many of us never understand. Every obstacle presents an opportunity to improve our condition.

| encouragement | life | obstacle | take action |

posted by Kuan Cheen
@ 5/20/2006 10:56:00 PM
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