Every Obstacle is an Opportunity...

There once was a very wealthy and curious king.

This king had a huge boulder placed in the middle of the road.

Then the king hides nearby to see if any one would try to remove the gigantic rock from the road.

The first people to pass by were some of the king’s courtiers and wealthiest merchants.

Rather than moving it, they simply walked around it.

A few loudly blamed the king for not maintaining the roads.

Not one of them tried to move the boulder.

Finally, a peasant came along. His arms were full of vegetables.

When he got near the boulder, rather than simply walking around it as the others had, the peasant puts down his load and tried to move the stone to the side of the road.

It took a lot of effort but he finally succeeded.

The peasant gathered up his load and was ready to go on his way.

When he saw a bag lying in the road where the boulder had been.

The peasant opened the bag. The bag was stuffed full of gold coins and a note from the king – The

bag full of gold coins is a reward for moving the boulder from the road.

The king showed the peasant what many of us never understand.

Moral of the story

Every obstacle presents an opportunity to improve our condition.

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