Ego makes man Blind

Ego makes man Blind

Once upon a time there was a poor man in the city of Varanasi. He was very pious and used to pray the God daily. He used to ask every holy man he met why god is not taking pity on him and help him. One day a holy man took pity on him and prayed to God to make the poor man rich. God being ever merciful appeared to the holy man and told him that even if God wanted to help the poor man it was of no use as the poor man’s ego was coming in the way. But the holy man insisted that God should give a chance to the poor man.

At last God relented and told the holy man “Well you see for yourself”. I will give him a chance”. Accordingly, God made a bundle of very costly gems and put it in the path of the poor man while he was coming to pray. On that day the poor man thought “Well for the last forty years I am walking the same path so let me see if I can walk with my eyes closed”. So the poor man started walking with his eyes closed. He hit the bundle of gems which the God had kept in his way with his legs but took it to be some stones and did not open his eyes and see. So he kept walking. A trader was coming at the back saw the bundle and took it.
Name and fame follows when you keep aside your egotism, work hard without on obligation brings you a surprise reward.

D.Soundarapandian
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