The moral of any story, anectode, a parable, an adage etcl depends on the way they are being interpreted. How the human mind interprets is quite a peculiar phenomena. Whatever might be the permutation combination of interpretation - at a given juncture, one will interpret what one "wants" to interpret rather than what "actually needs to be" interpreted.
Here is a story to emphasis this fact...
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LEARNING THE RIGHT WAY......
The wood cutter was a sincere man. He was devoted to his work and a firm believer in God. One day while returning from his routine, he saw an old jackal in a hiding place. The jackal was so aged and weak it was evident that it could not hunt to get its prey and was quite hungry. The wood cutter was wondering while the God ensures food for every living creature, how he is going to reach jackal's share of food. He heard the roaring of a lion then, and hurriedly climbed a nearby tree. The lion was dragging its hunted prey - a deer. After devouring the maximum, it left the remaining carcass just near the hiding place of the aged jackal and ran off. A while later, the jackal attracted by the smell of the carcass, came crawling and dragged the left out carcass to its hiding place. The wood cutter was amazed to witness the kindness of the God. He thought he learned a lesson from this incident.
From the next day, he stopped going for his work, hoping God would reach him his share of food. The days passed and week passed. The wood cutter was growing weak and there was no sight of any favour from the God. Unable to bear his hunger & anger anymore, the woodcutter cried aloud "God... why did you disappoint me? what sin have I committed ? I was only trying to practice what I have learned from the incident of that idle jackal getting the food at its door step...."
Then the God answered... " You are a fool.... You should have learned from what the lion did and not what the jackal did."
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