A beggar had been sitting by the side of the road for thirty years.
One day a stranger walked by.
"Spare some change?" mumbled the beggar.
"I have nothing to give you," said the stranger. Then he asked: "What's that you're sitting on?"
"Nothing, " replied the beggar. "Just an old box. I've been sitting on it for as long as I can remember.
"Ever look inside?," asked the stranger.
"No," said the beggar. "What's the point, there's nothing in there."
"Have
a look inside," insisted the stranger. The beggar, reluctantly, managed
to pry open the lid. With astonishment, disbelief, and elation, he saw
that the box was filled with gold.
I
am that stranger who has nothing to give you and who is telling you to
look inside. Not inside any box, as in the parable, but somewhere even
closer: inside yourself.
From The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
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