A Blank Question Paper
A BLANK QUESTION PAPER
To everyone’s surprise, there were
no questions, just a black dot in the center of the page.
The
professor seeing the expression on everyone’s face, told them the
following, “I want you to write what you see there.” The confused
students got started on the inexplicable task. At the end of the class,
the professor took all the answer papers and started reading each one
of them aloud in front of all the students. All of them with no
exceptions described the black dot, trying to explain its position in
the middle of the sheet etc.
After all had been read, the
classroom was silent. The professor began to explain, “I am not going
to grade on you this, I just wanted to give you something to think
about. No one wrote about the white part of the paper. Everyone
focused on the black dot and the same happens in our lives. We have a
white paper to observe and enjoy, but we always focus on the dark spots.
Our life is a gift given to us by God with love and care. We always
have reasons to celebrate, nature renewing itself every day, our friends
around us, the job that provides our livelihood, the miracles we see
every day.”
“However, we insist on focusing only on the dark
spots, the health issues that bother us, the lack of money, the
complicated relationship with a family member, the disappointment with a
friends etc. The dark spots are very small compared to everything we
have in our lives, but they are the ones that pollute our minds. Take
your eyes away from the black spots in your life. Enjoy each one of
your blessings, each moment that life gives you. Be happy and live a
life positively!”
Moral: As the professor explained, life is a bag of good and bad things, we all have positives and negatives along the way. But we must always concentrate greater on the positives for a healthy and happy life. Life goes on no matter what so do not waste your time thinking about the negatives.
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