There was once a farmer who complained about a bad harvest: “Everything would be better if God let me control the weather.” God said to him, “I will leave you in control of the weather for a year. Whatever you want will come true immediately.”
The poor man was very happy and immediately said “I want the sun now” and the sun came out. Then he said “let it rain now” and it did. For a year, first, the sun came out, and then it rained. The crop has never been so plentiful, never so green. It’s time to harvest. The farmer started to reap the wheat, but it got down to his heart. Virgos were empty inside. God came and asked: “How is your crop?” The man complained: “Bad sir, very bad.” “Well, didn’t you check the weather? Didn’t it get everything you wanted?” “Yup! That’s why I was stunned. I got the sun and rain I wanted, but no crops.” “And you never wanted wind, storm, snow, and ice? These clean the air and make the roots strong. The product is also full. Is it always good weather? That’s why you don’t have any crops.”
Life becomes possible only through changes. Life is lived when there is good and bad weather, pleasure and pain, summer and winter, day and night. There should be both sadness and happiness, comfort and discomfort. Life oscillates between these two extremes.
By wandering between these two extremes, you learn to stay in balance. With these two wings, you learn to fly to the farthest stars.
If you choose comfort, you choose death. This is how you missed true happiness; You chose comfort instead. It’s all too easy to follow your parents, society, or state. It is very easy to say yes to authority – but then you will never improve. You’re trying to close the treasures of life too cheap. However, you have to pay a price.
Osho
