why the Business man asking his son to throw the gold coin into the well ?
There once lived a rich businessman who had a lazy and fun loving son. The businessman wanted his son to be hard-working and responsible. He wanted him to realize the value of labour.
Father: My dear son, you do one thing.. "Today, I want you to go out and earn something, failing which you won’t have your meals tonight."
son: mummy, daddy asking me to earn something otherwise he says that no meals tonight. i don’t know any work, mummy what can i do ? (weeping)
mummy: It is giving me sad. we have enough money, my heart is melting, we have more labours and why he threatens you like this..anyway, i give you a gold coin. you give him in the evening and say it as your earnings..
son: thanks, mummy…(he is going out and coming in the evening) meeting daddy now.. Daddy, get this gold coin, this is my earning today.
Father: ok. my dear son..go and throw the gold coin into the well.
He throwed the gold coin into the well.
Next day, the business man sent his wife to her parents home ..
Father: my dear son, today also you should go and earn something, and if no earning, no night meals..
son: sister, our father asking me to earn money by doing labor works, mummy too gone grandpa home..how can i do sister ? he cried.
sister: we are rich. what happened to our father ? don’t worry. i give you one rupee from my savings, get it and give it to our father in the evening and tell him that it is your earning today.
son: daddy, get this one rupee. This is my earning today.
Father: imm..ok. you go and throw this one rupee into the well..
He throwed the one rupee into the well as told by his father.
next day, he called his daughter and sent her to her in-law’s home.
Father hey, my son…come here..you go and earn something. if you did not earn, no dinner tonight.
This time since there was no one to help him out; the son was forced to go to the market in search of work. One of the shopkeepers there told him that he would pay him two rupees if he carried his trunk to his house. The rich man’s son could not refuse and was drenched in sweat by the time he finished the job. His feet were trembling and his neck and back were aching. There were rashes on his back. As he returned home and produced the two rupee note before his father.
son: Daddy, get this 2 rupees. This is my earnings today.
Father: imm. ok. Go and throw this 2 rupees into the well.
son: why you are asking me to throw my earnings ? "daddy! My entire body is aching. My back has rashes and you are asking me to throw the money into the well. what is this daddy ?
Father: (smiling) my dear son,. on the earlier two occasions you did what i said because that was not your earnings. now you feel and deny to throw because it is your own real earning. my son, one feels the pain only when the fruits of hard labour are wasted. On earlier two occasions i know fully that you are helped by your mother and sister and therefore you did not feel pain in throwing the gold coin and a rupee into the well. you are not doing now because it is your real struggle.
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son: I now fully realized the value of hard work. I vow you daddy that i will never be lazy and surely keep your wealth.
The father handed over the keys of his shop to the son and promised to guide him through the rest of the life.
i’ve heard of this story before he does that to make the son under stand that he needs to work hard to enjoy the fruits of life and that the result will be good.
Because he didn’t feel the pain or uneasiness when he threw the first two gold coins into the well, and that is because he didn’t earn them. When he did earn the money himself, the father asked him to throw it into the well, knowing fully well that he won’t. His father wanted to teach him to value money, and know how it feels to have money from hard labour wasted.
excellent lesson.
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