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Wednesday, 18 August 2010 22:30 |
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There is this man. Quite poor. Working as a stone-smasher. They call it that because every day he goes to the feet of a mountain and smashes big rocks until they become slightly smaller rocks for a living. And he thinks to himself, everyday walking home, that this is the worst job one could possibly have.
One day as he is going home he passes the house of a wealthy man. He sees him in all his glory and splendour and imagines that this wealthy man can do and be and have anything he wishes. He gets so jealous that he wishes from the bottom of his heart to be just like that man, who seems so powerfull and mighty.
He suddenly finds himself being THAT man. He is satisfied and loves the way his wish has come true. A few moments later as he is sitting by the pool enjoying himself a General passes by his house and he feels obligated to get up and greet the general. As he does this, he thinks to himself that the general is more powerful than the wealthy man and he wishes to be the general.
He is now the general. Happy with his choice he drives off in his big Jeep. He drives and drives through the deserted roads. It's hot and he can barely bear the heat in the car. He looks up and thinks the sun must be so powerfull and so mighty to bring a general to his knees. So he wishes to be the sun. To radiate upon earth and all its beings.
He becomes the sun. He shines his light upon earth and radiates his heat upon its creatures. He feels on top of the world. Suddenly a few clouds come between him and the earth upon which he radiates and shines his light. He is furious that such a thing as a cloud can disrespect his authority as the sun. After a while he reaches the conclusion that the clouds must be powerfull to even cancel out the sun which seemed so mighty and unstoppable. So he wishes to become the cloud.
As he wished he becomes the cloud. He goes on blocking the sun for a while and raining upon earth wherever he pleases. He is happy to be so powerfull and so mighty that nothing can touch him. All of the sudden he feels being moved, by an invisible force. It's the wind! The wind blows him away and there is nothing he can do about it. This time he excitedly wishes to be the wind as it is the wind that is invisible and it is the wind who is strong enough to blow the clouds away, which in turn were powerfull enough to block the mighty sun.
He becomes the wind. He blows here and he blows there. He blows clouds back and forth, he blows things away and has lots of fun. Untill, he comes across something he cannot move, something he cannot blow away. No matter how much he tries he cannot even give it a nudge. It is a mountain. He is excited to have been able to find something which can resist the power of the mighty wind. He wishes to become the mountain.
He is the mountain. He feels the wind blowing and he knows that it cannot move him. That pleases him. As he is enjoying his new powers he hears something at his feet. He looks down and he sees that there is a man smashing rocks at his feet and that there is nothing he can do about it.
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In life, in love, in anything whatsoever perspective is the most important thing of all!
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