Once upon a time, a Guru and his disciple were passing through a village. Both were very hungry. They saw a house nearby and knocked on the door. A man dressed in torn clothes came out and said, “how can I help you?” The Guru said, “we are very hungry, can we have something to eat?” The man welcomed them into the house and fed them. After eating, the Guru went outside and looked around and saw a very fertile field nearby, yet nothing was growing.
The Guru went to the man and asked him how he made a living. The man said, “I have a buffalo which gives a lot of milk. I can make a living from that. As night fell, the Guru asked the man if they could stay the night. The man agreed so the Guru and the disciple went to sleep. In the middle of the night, the Guru woke up his disciple and said,” let’s get out of here now and we will take his buffalo with us.” The disciple didn’t like what he heard. Why would the Guru take the man’s only source of making a living? He obeyed the Guru and they left silently.
Even after years, this event bothered the disciple. So, one day, he decided to go back to the village and check on the man. When he reached the village, he couldn't believe his eyes. He was surprised to see the vacant lot had turned into fruit orchards. He saw the man and walked up to him and said, “Years ago I met you with my Guru.” The man said, “I remember. That was the day my buffalo was lost. I looked for it everywhere but couldn’t find it. I didn’t know what to do. So I went off into the forest and started cutting wood and selling it. With that money, I bought some seeds and planted them in my field. Harvest was good that year. I used that money to plant fruit trees. Now my business is going very well. I have a large fruit orchard and have become the biggest trader of fruits in this area. Sometimes I think if I had not lost my buffalo that night, all this would not have happened.
Moral: Many times, there are things that prevent us from becoming successful in our lives. If we get too comfortable, we become lazy and don’t continue to grow.