The Lighter Side of Wisdom

A traveller was walking aimlessly when he met a shepherd along the way. He asked the shepherd, “What kind of weather will we have today?”

The shepherd replied, “The weather I would like.”

The traveller was astonished and asked him again, “How do you know it will be the weather you will like?”

The shepherd answered: “I have always found out, sir, that usually I do not get the things I like, but, nevertheless I have learned to like the things that I get. So I am pretty sure we will have the weather I like.”

A man was praying in a temple. He was unemployed and had no money. He cried out loud, “God, can you please give a hundred dollars to take care of my necessities for the week? I promise I will get a job and will start donating money to you.”

An elderly man sitting next to him, heard his plea and felt very compassionate towards him. Even though he did not have much money, he put fifty dollars in an envelope and handed it to the young man by saying, “God told me to give this to you.”

The man ran home and opened the envelope. On seeing the fifty dollars, he started praying to God again, “Oh God! Next time you send money, send it to me directly, not through any old person. He has already taken half of it as commission!”