The Story of 'Man'

I want to tell the story of Man, who went in search of Peace and Happiness.

Man was born to a lady called Love. When he was a child, he used to play with Honesty and Peace. Peace had a sister called Happiness. He liked Happiness. It was good, all of them playing together like that. But one day he fought with Honesty for the sake of a choclate. With that Honesty, Peace and Happiness left him and they never returned. He felt longing for them, especially for Happiness. He went to his mother Love and cried. Love told him that he has to search Happiness and marry her. His father Ambition came inbetween and told him : "There is only one way to find Happiness. You have to travel a long distance with Education, who only knows the way to Happiness".

Education introduced him to a co-traveller called Friendship and then three of them started for a long-distance journey. On the way, Education gave him fruits called Knowledge, eating which he became stronger. But occasionally, he was attacked by a monster called Exams which threw spears called fear at him. But Education and Friendship came to his rescue and they gave him a shield called Courage,using which he fought with the monster. This continued for a very long time.Only Friendship and his dreams of Happiness made him move. He sometimes felt that this is not going to end at all. But after a very long journey and many attacks by the monster Exams they came to a junction called Life.

Education looked at him and told him: "I can accompany you till this point only. After this you have to choose your path and travel alone". He looked at Friendship, who said "I am sorry. I have to go in my way. But I will keep in touch with you". He became confused and lost. He sat in the middle of the junction called Life and he saw two people coming towards him from two sides. One of the said 'Hi! My name is Selfishness'. and the other one said "My name is Principles ". Both of them asked 'what are you searching for ?'. He replied saying that he was looking for Happiness.
Principles told him "If you could come along with me, we will go to the village of Satisfaction and start searching from there". But Selfishness said: "No! No! No! That is uncertain. If you come wtih me, I will introduce you to Money and you could marry his daughter. She is more beautiful than any other girl. Even your Happiness would not be as beautiful as her". Principles tried to convince him but he didnt heed and started with Selfishness.

Selfishness took him to Money and Money introduced him to his daughter called Ego. The moment he say Ego, he thought of marrying her. He felt that Selfishness is right, Ego is more beautiful than Happiness. After the marriage, Money gave him servants called Comfort,Status, Power and Religion and built a palace called Hatred for them which is always locked with a lock called Responsibilities. After sometime, Ego gave birth to a child called Conflict. As Conflict grew older, Man's longing for his playmates Peace and Happiness also grew. So, he ordered his servants called Power and Religion to search for Peace and Happiness. Power and Religion created Wars to search for Happiness. But they never found Happiness.

As Man grew older and older, his longing for Peace and Happiness also grew.He sat and thought. He searched in himself and found a sword called Self-Realisation. Using this sword he broke the Responsibilities lock and went out. Leaving his wife Ego, his son Conflict, his father in law Money, his servants Comfort, Power , Religion and especially the palace of Hatred , he went out in search of Peace and Happiness. He walked like that without food and water for as many days he could. And he fell down after somedays.

When he opened his eyes, he saw a very old man.The old man gave food &water and nursed him. He felt bad that he was being nursed by a very old man. After he became healthy, he asked the old man: "What is your name?".
The old man replied "My name is Humanity".
"How old are you?"
Humanity smiled and didn't reply. After that Humanity said that "I am longing to see my son and daughter. But I am so old that I can't walk.". He replied that: "You have done a great service to me. No matter how long it is, I would carry you on my back and take you to your son and daughter". And then he took Humanity on his back and walked & walked. On the way to relax him, Humanity read out lessons from a book called Sacrifice'. When he carried Humanity on his back and heard the stories of Sacrifice, he felt that he is nearing Peace and Happiness. He felt that he is going to meet Peace and Happiness soon. As he is also old, he is unable to walk now. He is becoming weaker and weaker day by day. Often, Humanity made a juice for him called Hope. Like that he travelled for a very long distance and finally reached a place. Humanity showed his children. Although he saw them very long time back, he recognized them at once. They are what he is searching for. The children of Humanity are none other than his playmates - Peace and Happiness.

After that he carried Humanity on his back and travelled all over the country, along with Peace and Happiness. And finally one day, he died in the hands of Peace and Happiness.