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PARABLE OF HAPPINESS FOR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN
Once a sage was walking along the road, admiring the beauty of the world and enjoying life. Suddenly he noticed an unfortunate man hunched under an unbearable burden.
Why are you subjecting yourself to such suffering? the sage asked.
“I suffer for the happiness of my children and grandchildren,” the man replied. “My great-grandfather suffered all his life for the happiness of my grandfather, my grandfather suffered for the happiness of my father, my father suffered for my happiness, and I will suffer all my life, only so that my children and grandchildren become happy.
Was there any happy person in your family? the sage asked.
— No, but my children and grandchildren will definitely be happy! replied the unfortunate man.
- An illiterate person will not teach to read, and a mole cannot raise an eagle! the sage said. “First learn to be happy yourself, then you will understand how to make your children and grandchildren happy!”
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