The boy kept his eyes fixed on the spoon. He climbed stairs and crossed halls, never spilling a drop. When he returned, the Wise Man asked:
A merchant once sent his son to learn the "Secret of Happiness" from the wisest man in the world. The boy wandered the desert for forty days before reaching a magnificent castle atop a mountain.
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"Did you see the Persian tapestries? The garden that took ten years to create? The beautiful parchments in my library?"
"Then go back and observe the marvels of my world," said the Wise Man. The boy kept his eyes fixed on the spoon
"However," the Wise Man said, handing him a teaspoon with two drops of oil, "carry this spoon with you without spilling the oil."
"The Secret of Happiness," the Wise Man said, "is to see all the marvels of the world, and never to forget the drops of oil in the spoon." ✨ The boy wandered the desert for forty days
The boy admitted he had seen nothing; his only focus was the oil.