Are You A Selfless Person?
One day, Benjie went to a horse race in San Lazaro.
Before the race began, something odd happened: He saw a priest walk up to one of the horses, laid his hand on its head and blessed it.
And sure thing, when the race begun, that horse pulled away and won the race.
Benjie was very impressed.
Before the next race, he saw the priest go to one horse again and blessed it. And that horse won the race too.
Benjie couldn’t believe his eyes!
Before the next race, he saw the priest walk up to another horse, put his hand on his forehead, and even touched all four hoofs.
Benjie knew what to do. He ran to the nearest ATM, withdrew all his money, borrowed more money from everyone he knew, and emptied his wallet. And he ran to the betting window and bet on that horse all he had.
But when the race began, that horse was the last to go out.
And in the middle of the race, it stopped on its tracks and dropped dead!
Benjie almost died with it.
He went to the priest and said, “Father, what happened? Why did that horse die? I saw you bless it!”
The priest shook his head. “That’s the problem with people like you who don’t know their religion. I didn’t bless him. I gave him the sacrament of the last rites.”
Are You Betting On The Right Horse?
Life is like a horserace.
And like Benjie, people are betting on the wrong horse.
Because in life, there’s a winning horse and a dying horse.
The dying horse is called collection.
Have you noticed? Human beings have a tendency to collect things. We surround ourselves with things, thinking that they will make us happy.
Oh yes, we love things.
But things will never love us.
Your cars will never love you back.
Your clothes will never love you back.
Your jewels will never love you back.
Like Benjie, we think that God is blessing the horse named collections. Actually, God is just givingcollections the last rites.
One of these days, collections will drop dead.
Your clothes will be eaten by moths.
Your house will be eaten by termites.
Your car will be eaten by rust.
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