Two traveling angels stopped for the night in the house of a rich family. The family was not hospitable and did not want to leave the angels in the living room. Instead, they were put to bed for the night in a cold basement. As they were making the bed, the elder angel saw a hole in the wall and repaired it.
When the younger angel saw this, he asked why. The elder replied:
-Things are not what they seem.
The next night they came to spend the night in the house of a very poor but hospitable man and his wife. The couple shared with the angels some of the food they had and told the angels to sleep in their beds, where they could get a good night's sleep. In the morning after awakening, the angels found the owner and his wife crying. Their only cow, whose milk was the family's only income, lay dead in the barn. The younger angel asked the older one:
- How could this happen? The first man had everything, and you helped him. Another family had very little but was willing to share everything, and you allowed their only cow to die. Why?
“Things are not what they seem,” answered the elder angel. — When we were in the basement, I realized that there was a treasure of gold in the hole in the wall. Its owner was rude and did not want to do good, I repaired the wall so that the treasure would not be found. As we slept in our master's bed the next night, the angel of death came for his wife. I gave him the cow. Things are not what they seem.
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We never know everything. And even if you have faith, you still need to instill confidence that everything that comes is in your favor. And you will understand this over time. Some people come into our lives and quickly leave, some become our friends and stay for a minute. It leaves beautiful marks in our hearts and we will never remain the same because our good friends change us.
Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today, the Present, is a gift. Life is magic and the taste of every moment is unique!
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru