The MilkMaid

Jesse the Milkmaid was going to market carrying her milk in a large bucket on her head. As she went along she started calculating in mind what all she could do with the milk that she had.

“I’ll buy some fowls from Farmer Bob,” she said, “and obviously they will lay eggs every morning, what if I sell those eggs to the parson’s wife? With the money from that sale I think I should buy myself a new sexy frock and a chip hat; and oh! All the young men in the market will be eager to come up to me and ask me for a date! Wouldn’t that be super fun? And… Betty! Well, she’ll be utterly jealous of me; but I don’t care. I shall just look at her and then toss my head like this.”

As she spoke she tossed her head back, the bucket fell off her head and all the milk was split. So then she was left with no other choice but to go home empty-handed and tell her mother about what happened.

“Ah, my child,” said her mother.

Moral of the story: Don’t ever get your eyes off your current task in the pursuit of daydreaming! Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.  



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Who is The Holy Man?

After roaming for days and months, a wise man decided to rest in a village for a few days. He thought to spend some days there and then he’ll continue his journey. Word spread like fire in the village about the arrival of such an extraordinary man. The local villagers referred to him as The Holy Man.

A man from the village decided to visit him and seek some of his wisdom. The only problem was that The Holy Man lived on top of a distant mountain away from the hustle of the village. But the man was determined to visit The Holy Man anyway.

When he arrived at the house, he saw an old servant inside who greeted him gladly. Man said, “I would like to meet The Holy Man. Heard a lot about his wisdom.” Servant said “Sure”, and took him inside.

In no time the man was led to the back of the house and he found himself standing outside the house. He was shocked and a bit confused too. On one side he was anticipating to meet The Holy Man and here he is standing outside the house with no sign of any man other than the servant himself. He turned and said furiously to the servant, “I wanted to meet The Holy Man! Why did you bring me in the backyard of the house? Where is He?”

The servant smiled and replied “You already have. Everyone you met today on the way here is a wise holy spirit. They all hold supreme holiness within them. No matter how plain and insignificant they might look, see each of them as a wise Holy Man. If you do this, then whatever problem you brought here today (with the intention of getting it solved) will be solved .”