A boy was walking along the road. He looks and the penny is lying there. “Well,” he thought, “even a penny is money!” He took it and put it in his wallet. And he began to think further: “What would I do if I found a thousand rubles? I would buy gifts for my father and mother!” As soon as I thought about it, I felt like my wallet had gotten heavier. I looked into it - and there was a thousand rubles. - “Strange thing! – The boy was amazed. - It was a penny, and now there are a thousand rubles in my wallet! What would I do if I found ten thousand rubles? I would buy a cow and give milk to my father and mother!” And he quickly looked into his wallet, and there were ten thousand rubles! - “Miracles! – The boy was happy. – What would I do if I found one hundred thousand rubles? I would buy a house, take a wife and settle my father and mother in the new house!” And again he looked into the wallet - exactly: there are a hundred thousand rubles! The boy closed his wallet, and then he began to think: “Maybe we shouldn’t take our father and mother to the new house? What if my wife doesn't like them? Let them live in the old house. And keeping a cow is troublesome; I’d rather buy a goat. And I won’t buy many gifts, I need to buy some clothes myself!” And the boy feels that the wallet is very light! He quickly opened it, and lo and behold: there was only one penny lying there, one alone...
Source: Simeon of Athos Ascent to Heaven
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru