A crow lived in the forest and was absolutely
satisfied in life. But one day he saw a swan. "This swan is so
white," he thought, "and I am so black. This swan must be the
happiest bird in the world." He expressed his thoughts to the swan.
"Actually," the swan replied, "I was feeling that I was the
happiest bird around until I saw a parrot, which has two colours. I now think
the parrot is the happiest bird in creation." The crow then approached the parrot. The
parrot explained, "I lived a very happy life—until I saw a peacock. I have
only two colours, but the peacock has multiple colours."
The crow then visited a peacock in the zoo and saw
that hundreds of people had gathered to see him. After the people had left, the crow approached the peacock. "Dear peacock,"
the crow said, "you are so beautiful. Every day thousands of people come
to see you. When people see me, they immediately shoo me away. I think you are
the happiest bird on the planet." The peacock replied, "I always thought that I was
the most beautiful and happy bird on the planet.
But because of my beauty, I am
entrapped in this zoo. I have examined the zoo very carefully, and I have
realized that the crow is the only bird not kept in a cage. So for past few
days I have been thinking that if I were a crow, I could happily roam
everywhere."
That's our problem too. We make unnecessary comparison
with others and become sad. We don't value what we have with us. This leads to the vicious
cycle of unhappiness. Learn the secret of being happy and discard the
comparison which leads only to unhappiness
