Eyes of the Wise

Before bidding final goodbye to Master

      asked the student, ‘how to make life better?’

Placing four glasses filled with water

     ‘Watch it now, and learn’ said the Master

Dropped a small stone into the first one

      it sunk in the water all the way down

A cotton ball he dropped in to second

      it sucked the water within a second

A portion of mud mixed in the third

      changed the water into slushy dirt

Spoonful of sugar into the last

      made water sweet, and vanished fast

‘Not like the first’, said the student

      ‘living dead, useless, not prudent

Like the cotton, just taking from all

      is not the life, you taught me after all

Living in sin, and polluting the world

      is the way of one arrogant and proud

Let me live a life that brings sweetness

      working hard, keeping God as witness’

Smiled the Master, ‘You know the way of the wise.

       ‘Seeing the world not just with the eyes!’

========================================= Quote

“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

=========================================Humor

One day a man is walking down the street when he sees an old man with a nice looking dog, he goes over to the man and asks: 'does your dog bite?'

The old man replies 'No never'. When the man bends down to stroke the dog, it immediately takes a snap at his hand. The man yells, 'I thought you said your dog does not bite!’

 'I did' replies the old man, ‘but this isn't my dog!'

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