The Poor King

-

 


                Once upon a time, a country was run by a wise king who had no son. When the king became old, he worried about his successor. Then one day, while walking in his garden, he got an excellent idea. His messenger spread news in the whole kingdom that on a specific day, the king would personally meet with young man and the result of this meeting might be to become his successor.

       People very happy that their king was giving equal chances of success to their people. But of course, there was an eligibility criterion and that was, king would make his decision on behalf of person’s behavior towards the poor. Everyone in the country started to prepare for this.

         


         A poor young man living far  away from the palace in a rural area also heard the news. He was a kind man but due to various circumstances couldn’t earn much. He didn’t even have a proper suit for wearing in front of the king so he started to work even harder to earn money. At last, after doing a part time job, he got enough pay for traveling to the palace and also to buy proper clothes. Then he started his journey. 

     


After a week, he reached near the palace and now he could see the big fences. 



               Suddenly, he heard a voice, “for God’s sake! help me. I am hungry for two days”. The man stopped. He looked back and saw an old man sitting under a tree, with dirty and shredded clothes. The man was moved by his condition so much that he gave all his money to that poor man which he should use for his return. He also gave his new suit to that poor man. 

           


      The poor man stood up. Gave him his blessings and went away. Now he had no money, nor a single penny in his pocket but he still went to meet the king. On his turn, guards took him inside the palace. When he raised his head, he was surprised, the king was that same poor man. King smiled and said, “you must be wondering, why I was sitting like a bagger.” The man after gaining some strength replied, “yes sir.” King said, “I told the people that I will judge on behalf of person’s behavior towards poor. But unfortunately, no body took that seriously and prepared only on their outside. I have been sitting there for the last one week. I asked everybody who came to meet me but nobody bothered to entertain. You were the first person who even being poor, helped his brother.

           


       I need a person like you. If I tested you as a king, you would have done anything for convincing me but in that case, I might never know what is inside your heart. The generosity and love to the one in need without expecting anything in return is a sign of a great heart.

          You have proven that you are the right person to be my successor” promised the king.


          Theodore Isaac Robin has rightly said, “kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.”

 

   

THANKS FOR READING                           If you are interested in more blogs then do follow me and subscribe for latest information............

      BE HAPPY AND STAAAAAAAY BLESSED.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Everything happens for Good...

-
Image
                  Once a boy lived in a small village. His family was so poor that they couldn’t even have proper food for months. Struggles were huge but he at last passed his 10 th grade. Then travelled to city for job. But this poor kid didn’t know that urban people were also in search of jobs. One day in a newspaper, he saw an ad. This ad was of a job for pion in a company. Job wasn’t so big but he applied.          He asked the office`s address and on his arrival, saw a huge line of candidates. He said to himself, “so much people for this little job! I am nothing in front of them.” But then he realized what his mother taught him? “ luck is always in favor of those, who try. ” After several hours of waiting, his number came and he went inside the office. Interviewers asked him number of questions and in the end, an interviewer asked, “can you give us your Email ID so that we will Email your result”. How could thi...
Read more

Proven way of controlling PHONE ADDICTION.......

-
Image
             How to control PHONE ADDICTION                                 Almost 11 teens die everyday on average only because of using mobile while driving. Many laws have been made against this disastrous addiction but to no avail. Mobiles are now becoming inevitable for us. Irrespective of all the advantages, phones are now hampering our professional lives and running our personal relations. It was made for empowering us but now is dominating both in our physical and mental lives. After the revolution in mobile technology in 20 th century, this addiction had now become a Global problem. Every person, irrespective of color and creed is somehow connected to this issue and cannot find a way of coming out.                 A latest research has proved that the average depression rate of the world is conti...
Read more

Buddha and Perception........

-
Image
                            Once upon a time while Buddha was sitting with his disciples, an old pupil of his came near to him and  respectfully  asked, “Ha Buddha, here in our town, there came a number of preachers, who are not only creating tensions among people but are also indulge in useless fighting. Some say world is Eternal and never ending. Some say that it's temporary and will end. Some say soul dies with body, other say it lives forever and so forth. So, who should I believe in?”                          Buddha after being silent for a minute replied, “once upon a time, there was a king who ordered his servant to gather in one place four men who were born blind. Servant did what he was asked for. When four bling men reached, a huge elephant was brought in front of them. Now, king ordered to show one part of Elephant to one person and ...
Read more