Page 37 - Moral Stories Vol 6

Once there was a man who was not successful in life. He tried several things but often met with failure. He tried to get into a university, but he was not accepted. After his marriage, he started to work as a teacher in a primary school. Due to his lack of experience, within a week he found it hard to continue at school, his students troubled him
a lot.
He returned home with a heavy heart and tears in his eyes. His wife wiped his tears and comforted him with these words, “When one is too full, he could either pour out what's in him or he just cannot not pour it out at all. You should not be too sad about it. Probably there is a more suitable job waiting for you out there”.
Later on, he found another job and not too
long after, he was fired due to his slowness.
His wife comforted him again, "There
are always people who are skilful and not
so skilful. Some have experience from their
years of work. As for you, you are yet to gain experience. So, how could you acquire1 these needed skills? Let us try something else".
He went for a number of jobs but never stayed long in those jobs. Each time, he would return home in a dejected2 spirit. His wife would always comfort him and never for once, was she disappointed or resentful3.
He was in his thirties when he acquired a flair in languages. He became a counselor in a school for the deaf and dumb. Later on, he opened his own school for the disabled. A few years later, he set up chain stores in different cities and provinces selling apparatus & equipment for the disabled. He became a multi-millionaire. His name was John Doe!
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