There was this museum laid
with beautiful marble tiles,
with a huge marble statue
displayed in the middle of the lobby.
Many people came from all over the world
just to admire this beautiful marble statue.

One night, the marble tiles
started talking to the marble statue.
Marble tile:
"Marble statue, it's just not fair, it's just not fair!
Why does everybody from all over the world
come all the way here just to step on me
while admiring you? Not fair!"

Marble statue: "My dear friend, marble tile.
Do you still remember that
we were actually from the same cave?"

Marble tile:
"Yeah! That's why I feel it is even more unfair.
We were born from the same cave
and yet we receive different treatment now.
Not fair!" He cried again.

Marble statue: "Then, do you still remember
the day when the designer tried to work on you,
but you resisted the tools?"

Marble tile: "Yes, of course I remembered.
I hate that guy! How could he use those tools on me,
they hurt so badly."

Marble statue: "That's right! He couldn't work on you at all
as you resisted being worked on."

Marble tile: "So???"

Marble statue: "When he decided to give up on you
and start working on me instead, I knew at once
that I would be something different after his efforts.
I did not resist his tools, instead I bore all
the painful tools he used on me."

Marble tile: "Mmmmmm......."

Marble statue: "My friend,
there is a price to everything in life.
Since you decided to give up half way,
you can't blame anybody who steps on you now."

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The moral of the story is ....... It simply means that
the more hard knocks you go through in life,
the more you'll LEARN and put them to use in the future !!
Do not be discouraged by setbacks and failures.