The Dreaming Priest

— A Motivational Story

Once upon a time, there lived a poor priest who was very lazy. He never wanted to work hard, yet he often dreamed of becoming rich and living a life of comfort. Every day, he would beg for food to survive.

One morning, someone gave him a pot of milk. He was thrilled and took it home carefully. He boiled the milk, drank a little, and added some curd to the rest so it would turn into yogurt. After that, he lay down to rest.

As he lay there, he started daydreaming about the milk.

“By morning, the milk will become thick curd,” he thought. “Then I’ll churn it into butter. I’ll heat the butter to make ghee and sell it in the market. With that money, I’ll buy a hen. The hen will lay eggs, and the eggs will hatch into chicks. Those chicks will grow into hens and lay more eggs. Soon, I’ll have my own poultry farm!”

His imagination kept growing.

“I’ll sell the hens and buy cows. I’ll open a dairy and sell milk to the whole village. Everyone will know me! I’ll become so rich that I’ll buy gold and precious jewels. Even the king might buy from me! I’ll marry a beautiful woman from a wealthy family. We’ll have a son, and if he misbehaves, I’ll teach him a lesson!”

Still deep in his dream, the priest reached for the stick next to his bed and, thinking he was scolding his imaginary son, swung it in the air—only to hit the pot of milk by accident.

The pot shattered. The milk spilled all over the floor. The priest woke up, shocked and disappointed. His dreams vanished in an instant.

Moral of the Story:
Dreams alone don’t bring success. Without hard work, even the best ideas will stay just dreams.

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