Once upon a time, there was a king who ruled a
prosperous country. One day, he went for a trip to
some distant areas of his country. When he was back to
his palace, he complained that his feet were very
painful, because it was the first time that he went
for such a long trip, and the road that he went
through
was very rough and stony. He then ordered his people
to cover every road of the entire country with
leather. Definitely, this would need thousands of
cows'
skin, and would cost a huge amount of money.
Then one of his wise servant dared himself to
tell the king, "Why do you have to spend that
unnecessary amount of money ? Why don't you just cut a
little piece of leather to cover your feet ?"
The king was surprised, but he later agreed to
his suggestion, to make a "shoe" for himself.
There is actually a valuable lesson of life in
this story : to make this world a happy place to live,
you better change yourself - your heart; and not the
world.
