Very well said, Sue. I agree with life is satisfying once we stop focusing on other's happiness and instead of focusing on ourselves. It was a difficult lesson but one that changed my life.
Oh Wow! I wasn't expecting you to put God as our business partner at the end. I was too busy getting mad at the man in the story who kept the 100%.
Great story plot, btw. You certainly zeroed in on the man's ingratitude effectively. I guess, we all experience a bit of that ingratitude at one time or another in our lives. A big Ooops!
Every morning this dog, very attached to me,
Quietly keeps sitting near my seat
Til touching its head
I recognize its company.
This recognition gives it so much joy.
Pure delight ripples through the entire body.
Among all dumb creatures
it is the only living being
That has seen the whole man
Beyond what is good or bad in him.
It has seen,
For his love it can sacrifice its life.
It can love him too for the sake of love alone,
For it is he who shows the way
To the vast world pulsating with life.
When I see its deep devotion,
The offer of its whole being,
I fail to understand
By its sheer instinct
What truth it has discovered in man.
By its silent anxious piteous looks
it cannot communicate what it understands,
But it has succeeded in conveying to me
Among the whole creation
What is the true status of man.
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