A young Emperor walked around in his lands and possessions with his guards. The people bowed lower than the ground in tribute to the ruler. At the Emperor's sign, one of his guards threw a handful of copper coins from time to time and the people crowded together, fighting to get them. Then an old man, with dirty and tattered robes turned to the Emperor unexpectedly. He held a wooden cup, asking for some coins. The guard jumped to stop him, but the Emperor signaled to let the old man approach him. Quite surprising to all, the Emperor jumped from his horse, kneeling before the old man, kissing the end of his dirty and wretched robe.
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- Welcome to your lands, Dad - he whispered. |
- What kind of a devil's cup is this one, dad? It doesn't want to fill up!
- I am happy, son, that you are much more clever than me!
You only needed three sacks of gold to realize that this cup is not going to fill up. I devoted my whole life trying to fill it up - half the world, all the possible wealth on earth. I threw my health into it - everything. It was still empty... Because this is the cup of the "Wishes and Desires", son. And it never fills up. We all have such a cup. In pursuit of the next wish, and next wish, we sacrifice our health, youth, beauty and happiness into it. This cup swallows our peace of mind, numbs the joy of life and eventually if we don't realize it ourselves - it wastes our whole life...
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