One day a professor entered the classroom and asked his students
to prepare for a surprise test. They waited anxiously at their desks for
the test to begin. The professor handed out the question paper with the
text facing down as usual. Once he handed them all out, he asked his
students to turn the page and begin. To everyone’s surprise, there were
no questions, just a black dot in the center of the page.
The professor seeing the expression on everyone’s face, told
them the following, “I want you to write what you see there.” The
confused students got started on the inexplicable task. At the end of the
class, the professor took all the answer papers and started reading each one of
them aloud in front of all the students. All of them with no exceptions
described the black dot, trying to explain its position in the middle of the
sheet etc.
After all had been read, the classroom was silent. The
professor began to explain, “I am not going to grade on you this, I just wanted
to give you something to think about. No one wrote about the white part
of the paper. Everyone focused on the black dot and the same happens in
our lives. We have a white paper to observe and enjoy, but we always
focus on the dark spots. Our life is a gift given to us by God with love
and care. We always have reasons to celebrate, nature renewing itself
every day, our friends around us, the job that provides our livelihood, the
miracles we see every day.”
“However, we insist on focusing only on the dark spots, the
health issues that bother us, the lack of money, the complicated relationship
with a family member, the disappointment with a friends etc. The dark
spots are very small compared to everything we have in our lives, but they are
the ones that pollute our minds. Take your eyes away from the black spots
in your life. Enjoy each one of your blessings, each moment that life
gives you. Be happy and live a life positively!”
Moral: As the professor explained, life is a bag of good and bad
things, we all have positives and negatives along the way. But we must
always concentrate greater on the positives for a healthy and happy life.
Life goes on no matter what so do not waste your time thinking about the
negatives.
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