tänkvärt 2

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. 

/Echart Tolle