Community Forums => General Chat => Topic started by: Stogi on May 16, 2013, 10:52:39 AM
Title: Short Moral Stories
Post by: Stogi on May 16, 2013, 10:52:39 AM
I've been fascinated lately with incredibly short anecdotes that teach a moral lesson. I would like this thread to become a place where we can gather many of them from places such as books, music, and even TV and movies. Here is an example of what I mean:
Envy and Greed, two of the seven deadly sins, were walking down a path one day when they were confronted by an angel. The angel offered one of them everything he could wish for. The other one would receive twice as much. Greed quickly asked Envy to choose first. After a little thought, Envy wished for one blind eye.
Title: Re: Short Moral Stories
Post by: Khushrenada on May 16, 2013, 04:02:45 PM
What's the moral?
Title: Re: Short Moral Stories
Post by: Fatty The Hutt on May 16, 2013, 04:14:15 PM
Title: Re: Short Moral Stories
Post by: Stogi on May 16, 2013, 07:00:21 PM
Heh...I guess it doesn't have one. FAIL. It's a good way to explain Greed and Envy however.
I like those types of stories. Here's another from one of my favorite books "The Alchemist"
A merchant sent his son to learn the Secret of Happiness from the wisest of men. The young man wandered through the desert for forty days until he reached a beautiful castle at the top of a mountain. There lived the sage that the young man was looking for.
However, instead of finding a holy man, our hero entered a room and saw a great deal of activity; merchants coming and going, people chatting in the corners, a small orchestra playing sweet melodies, and there was a table laden with the most delectable dishes of that part of the world.
The wise man talked to everybody, and the young man had to wait for two hours until it was time for his audience.
The Sage listened attentively to the reason for the boy’s visit, but told him that at that moment he did not have the time to explain to him the Secret of Happiness.
He suggested that the young man take a stroll around his palace and come back in two hours’ time.
“However, I want to ask you a favor,” he added, handling the boy a teaspoon, in which he poured two drops of oil. “While you walk, carry this spoon and don’t let the oil spill.”
The young man began to climb up and down the palace staircases, always keeping his eyes fixed on the spoon. At the end of two hours he returned to the presence of the wise man.
“So,” asked the sage, “did you see the Persian tapestries hanging in my dining room? Did you see the garden that the Master of Gardeners took ten years to create? Did you notice the beautiful parchments in my library?”
Embarrassed, the young man confessed that he had seen nothing. His only concern was not to spill the drops of oil that the wise man had entrusted to him.
“So, go back and see the wonders of my world,” said the wise man. “You can’t trust a man if you don’t know his house.”
Now more at ease, the young man took the spoon and strolled again through the palace, this time paying attention to all the works of art that hung from the ceiling and walls. He saw the gardens, the mountains all around the palace, the delicacy of the flowers, the taste with which each work of art was placed in its niche. Returning to the sage, he reported in detail all that he had seen.
“But where are the two drops of oil that I entrusted to you?” asked the sage.
Looking down at the spoon, the young man realized that he had spilled the oil.
“Well, that is the only advice I have to give you,” said the sage of sages. “The Secret of Happiness lies in looking at all the wonders of the world and never forgetting the two drops of oil in the spoon.”
Title: Re: Short Moral Stories
Post by: Pixelated Pixies on May 16, 2013, 09:36:34 PM
I wrote a really good one. It took me ages. I pressed delete to remove a rogue full stop and accidentally backed out of the page. Some times I hate the internet.
Title: Re: Short Moral Stories
Post by: Dasmos on May 21, 2013, 03:01:33 AM
I wrote a really good one. It took me ages. I pressed delete to remove a rogue full stop and accidentally backed out of the page. Some times I hate the internet.
The moral of this story is save your work regularly.
Title: Re: Short Moral Stories
Post by: azeke on May 21, 2013, 04:11:36 AM
