A man in a certain village was always complaining about his lot in life. He was a Christian and found the weight of his “cross” much too heavy to bear.
One night, before going to sleep, he begged God to help him find a way to change his burden.
That night he had a dream; the Lord led him to a warehouse. “Go ahead and change it,” God said. The man saw crosses of all sizes and shapes, each with the names of their owners. He picked an average size cross. But when he saw the name of an old friend written on it, he left it aside.
Finally, as God had permitted, he chose the smallest cross he could find. To his surprise, he saw his own name on it.
--Paulo Coelho
Image source: This image is taken from a thirteen-minute animated, slightly more developed version of this story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP0J2eDPIjU
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