Life is in fact much more bright and beautiful and brilliant!

***Life is in fact much more bright and beautiful and brilliant!*** An anecdote is told of a pig, in a farmhouse, which fed on the leftovers of food that was supplied to it. The pig remained content to feed on that which was smelly, dirty and stinking. The day came when it had to be slaughtered. As the people tied its legs to a pole to be taken to the slaughter-house... ... and the pig was carried horizontally upside down, for the first time in its life, it gazed on the skies above. All through its life, the pig always looked downward, satisfied on its feed and food. But now, for the first time, the pig looked upward, and saw the beauty of nature. It wondered: "All through, I thought, life was always stinky and nasty. But it's only now, when I look above, that I see that life is much beautiful and brilliant! Too late am I! I have missed the real beauty of life, looking always only downward!" The whole life of the pig, was spent downcast, with images of filth and dirt and foul matter. Only the last moments were spent looking upward, enjoying the wonderful & pleasant nature. … Consciously or unconsciously, being content, looking downward & descending into the realms of gloom & pessimism! Life is in fact much more bright and beautiful and brilliant!