Once there were two friends, one was a Gurmukh and the other a Manmukh. Their friendship was deep but Gurmukh believed in God while Manmukh did not. Gurmukh would wake up early in the morning, take a bath, recite the holy hymns while Manmukh would still be in bed sound asleep. Gurmukh always do good to others and Manmukh never would think of others.
Once they were going on a journey through the forest. As they were passing through the forest Manmukh found a bag of coal. He was very happy because he could sell it and make some money. As they further walked while talking about how lucky Manmukh was to find the bag of coal, Gurmukh screamed with pain. It appeared that a splinter went in Gurmukh’s leg. While Gurmukh was in pain, Manmukh started laughing. Gurmukh was surprise and asked him that why was he laughing. Manmukh said, “You do so many good things everyday and what you got is a splinter in your leg. I never even think of doing anything good and I still got a bag full of coal from which I can make money.”
An old wise man happened to be passing them when he heard Manmukh’s comments. The old man had a big ironic smile on his face. Manmukh was astonished when he saw the old man smile. Manmukh asked the old man to what was he smiling? The old man replied, “You were destined to find a bag of diamonds today if you have been doing the good works. And Gurmukh, you were destigned to die at the moment you got the splinter in your leg. Because you have been doing good works in life, the pain of death simply turned into a splinter.”
Although the moral of the story is that people should do good things in life, still the story reflects very important point - "Learn to think positive" or "Manage your negativity". Read a good article on manage your negativity at http://panchtatva-blog.blogspot.com/2011/03/manage-your-negativity.html
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