Once upon a time, there was a brave traveler who was on a mission to travel to every corner of the world. On his journey, he saw everything there was to see and experienced more than most people could imagine. As our brave traveler came to the last place on earth he had not visited yet he remembered all the people who told him that he should give up because it was something that was never done before. But in all of his years traveling around the world, he formulated a mantra he kept repeating to himself: “With a positive mindset you will always find a way. Just be mindful of your thoughts and everything will be ok.”
As he was walking and contemplating where he would like to settle after his journey would end, he noticed a beautiful big tree with a lot of shade where he could rest. So he went to the tree, lied down, and took a nap. But when he woke up he was about to learn that this was no ordinary tree. This tree was special, it was a “wish-fulfilling” tree.
As our brave traveler opened his eyes and felt very hungry and wished he could have something to eat. Suddenly, a tasty dish appeared before him. He looked at the dish a bit surprised but decided to eat it anyway “food is food” thinking to himself.
After he ate the food, another thought came to his mind, “How nice it would be if I had something to drink now…” Right then, a fine bottle of wine appeared in front of him. Lying in the shade of the tree, calmly drinking the delicious wine, enjoying the pleasant cool breeze, the traveler began to wonder, “What’s going on? Where is all this coming from? Could it be that some ghosts are playing tricks on me? And behold, ghosts instantly appeared before his very eyes. They were hideous and cruel, just as he imagined they should be. “Oh my god, they will kill me,” he thought to himself. And as the tree read his thought it made it happen… they killed him. As the brave traveler was dying, he was in disbelief and wondered why has this happened to him. Suddenly the tree spoke to the young traveler, “Dear traveler, once you have stepped in my shade, I have heard every wish and thought you had. And as you saw I made each of them come true. If you cannot bear the consequences, I suggest you should be more mindful of your thoughts.”
Moral: By being mindful of your thoughts you can control your unconscious actions. If you are not careful about what you think and say to people, you may pay the consequences of your thoughts.