Life Lessons from a Businessman’s Downfall: The Two Boxes of Wisdom
This is the story of a businessman. One who was a big businessman. Once he suffered a loss in business. The loss is so much that he is forced to sell everything he owns, gradually all his assets are either sold or mortgaged and he ends up on the street.
When everything was taken away from him, and also his friends and relatives turned away from him, he became hopeless with his life and decided to end himself.
During this difficult time, one of his colleagues told him that an old man is living in the forest. Once you meet him, he will tell you the way out of this problem.
After hearing this, he starts walking towards the forest. After traveling for several days, he manages to find this old man.
The old man could see clearly, the disappointment written on his face. The old man said that there was no need to say anything, I know everything.
He gave the businessman two small boxes and said,
“My child, trust your abilities.”
Go home and open this box first, you will find the solution to your problem. And open the second box at that time, when you feel you have achieved everything in life you wanted to do.
On opening the first box, the businessman found a letter, in which it was written that “Bad times would pass.” And this businessman again trusted in his abilities, worked hard, and rebuilt his business within four to five years.
Now he’s a millionaire again, he seems to have everything in the world, and when he opens the second box, there is a letter inside that says “Good time will also pass.”
This is the bitter truth of our life, so always spend bad times with patience and good times with humility. If you want to know yourself or someone else, look at how someone behaves when he is in trouble, how he spends the time in trouble, and secondly when he has power or authority.
The real identity of a human being is found in these two times.
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