The Parable of the Farmer and his Two Sons
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Once there was a farmer who had
two good looking sons. The farmer and his wife worked hard for several years
and saved enough to send their sons to a good school, on top of the mountain,
behind the village. It was an expensive residential school but very well known
for its excellent training and education. Students from far off lands came to
study there.
When the two boys were nine and
ten year old, the farmer and his wife admitted them to the school with the help
of the Principal by the name of Lew who had become an acquaintance. Lew used to
come down the mountain for walks on holidays, to visit the farms and for a
picnic in the nearby Forest.
The older boy did not like the
hard discipline of school at all. He found study hours hard and physical
training classes tiresome and complained about it endlessly. It was so much
nicer with the freedom to play and do as one liked at home.
The younger boy was however,
grateful to his parents for having worked hard to make this education possible.
He took interest in all of the programs at school and as he became good at them
he began to enjoy them.
After a few years, both boys
graduated from school together and went on to find jobs in the city. The older
boy had to spend an extra year at school because he had failed in one of the
classes and was held back. As one can imagine, the younger boy did much better
in his career later because of his excellent training at school but the older
one did not do so well at all and was often miserable.
Dear friends, is this not how it is
with us? The Lord, our loving Father and Mother, has sent us into this school
of life. If we fail to be grateful for what we have, we become miserable but if
we develop gratitude, we recognize the blessings and develop contentment; from
this is born happiness and our journey through life is a happier as
is our hereafter.
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