A man in search of Peace

There was once a man who had one wife, four children living in one BHK (bedroom, hall kitchen), very stressed with work, lack of space, children crying and shouting, totally distressed in his life. One day, saintly person came to the village who was apparently distributing peace. So the man went to him asking for mental peace in his life. The sage was ready but on one condition that the man does exactly whatever he said without questioning.

For the first week the saint asked the man to bring a dog into his house. "A dog!!", the man said. "We can barely manage with the 6 of us living in this tiny house & you are asking me to bring a dog on top of that." "Do as I ask you do, if you want peace and come back to me in the next week", the saint said. So the man did as was told. Next week he met the saint, a cat was added to his home. The man started to protest but kept quiet because of the saint's condition. Third time the man went to him with his hopes high on getting what he wanted, but to his shock a goat got added. And a few hens in the fourth week. By this time he was getting used to the shabbiness of the house, stink of the animals but yet he survived.

In the later weeks he was asked to get rid of all the animals one by one. First when he got rid of the hens, he was happy. When the goat went he was glad, his happiness knew no bounds when the cat was gone & he was in sheer bliss. When the dog was left the man was so much at peace that he didn’t even bother to go back to the saint. So the saint came to his house inquisitive about what had happened and asked to give the dog away. The man had finally found his peace.

What changed? The situation remained the same. He was staying in the same dingy house with his wife & four kids; but his outlook towards it changed. CAN WE ALSO TAKE A BETTER LOOK AT OURSELVES KEEPING THIS IN MIND?