Discontentment!.........WHY?

A young boy was sad. He was sitting under the tree where he regularly comes and talks out all his problems and how he is not able to cope up with them.

His list of problems went on... till it was almost dark.

He was tired and cried out, Is there no one to listen to me and to my problems.

An old woman came out from the dark and said, What do you want?

Boy was stunned to see her and later he said, Give me something to be away from my problems.

Old woman said, Take this woolen ball. Unwind it and cut the piece of wool, when there is a problem. Your problems will be solved.

The boy tried it and found that it worked.



Time rolled out and one fine day, a man was seen near the tree with the woolen ball in his hands.

He was calm, but looked dissatisfied.

He waited without talking but had lots of unanswered questions.



Finally it was dark, the old woman came out and asked, What is your complaint NOW?



The man asked, I have solved every problem with this woolen ball. There seems to be no problem now. But... at last I feel, I have missed something, I am not happy, Why is it so?



The old woman replied,

You will appreciate light only after having gone through the darkness.

* Your problems were solved without going through them, how could you enjoy the result.
* You didn�t struggle to achieve anything, so how can anything be precious to you.
* You learn from the problems you faced, and do better further, but where have you learnt anything as problem was eliminated.
* This is why life was so tasteless for you though you felt you have done everything.

dissatisfaction is the result of your ambition to jump over difficulties and escape them.

* Problems need to be dealt with and solutions to be searched out. And she left.



The man thought of giving this woolen ball to a needy but now decided to throw it into a pond.

He knew the reason for his unrest, now he is equipped and ever-ready to face the world with a new approach and attitude.