Strength is the Test

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Strength is the Test

 

There is an old story of an astrologer who came to a king and said, 'You

are going to die in six months.' The king was frightened out of his wits

and was almost about to die then and there from fear. But his minister

was a clever man, and this man told the king that these astrologers were

fools. The king would not believe him. So the minister saw no other way

to make the king see that they were fools but to invite the astrologer

to the palace again. There he asked him if his calculations were

correct. The astrologer said that there could not be a mistake, but to

satisfy him he went through the whole of the calculations again and then

said that they were perfectly correct. The king's face became livid. The

minister said to the astrologer, 'And when do you think that you will

die?' 'In twelve years', was the reply. The minister quickly drew his

sword and separated the astrologer's head from the body and said to the

king, 'Do you see this liar? He is dead this moment.'

 

If you want your nation to live, keep away from all these things. The

only test of good things is that they make us strong.

 

Taken fromwww.sriramakrishnamath.org

 

Regards

 

Prasanna Kumar