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[Sallie Carlson (wacsc11945]

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From: Robert Ahrenkiel <gp-bob11 [at] att.net>

Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2022, 11:58:25 AM CDT

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                                        THE CROW AND THE PEACOCK

A crow lived in the forest and was absolutely satisfied in life.  But, one day he saw

a swan.  This swan is so white, he thought, and I am so black.  The swan must be 

the happiest bird in the world.  He expressed his thoughts to the swan.

"Actually, the swan replied, I was feeling that I was the happiest bird around until 

I saw a parrot, which has two colors.  I now think the parrot is the happiest bird in 

creation.  The crow then approached the parrot.  The parrot explained I lived a 

very happy life until I saw a peacock.  I have only two colors but the peacock has

multiple colors.  

The crow then visited the peacock in the zoo and saw that hundreds of people 

gathered to see him.  After the people left, the crow approached the peacock.  "Dear

peacock the crow said, "you are so beautiful."  Every day hundreds of people see you.

When people see me, they immediately shoo me away.  I think you are the happiest 

bird on the planet.  The peacock replied, I thought that I was the happiest and most

beautiful bird on the planet, but because of my beauty, I am entrapped in this zoo.

I have examined the zoo very carefully, and I have realized that the crow is the only

bird not kept in a cage.  So for the past few days, I have been thinking that if I was

a crow I could happily roam everywhere.  

This is often our problem too.  Sometimes we let comparison bring us down, instead

of valuing what God has given us.  This all leads to a vicious cycle of unhappiness.

Learn to be happy.  With what you have instead of looking at what you don't have.  

There will always be someone who will have more or less than you have.  A person 

who is satisfied with what they have is the happiest person in the world.