Two Men

There is a man who mourns for what he has lost, and a man who rejoices in what he retains. The man who rejoices finds joy in what he has, while the man who mourns does so endlessly, for all that he lacks is like a vast ocean. In it, he will drown while the joyous man stands tall on the island of his joy.

The joyous man finds love in what love he can give. The drowning man is lost in what love he can receive. There is no valley that the drowning man can't fill with his want, nor any mountain the joyous man can't scale with his love.

The loving man knows his own faults. The lacking man cannot see his faults through his want. His want is a great cloud, obscuring his vision in isolation. The loving man straightens his path in the clarity of truth, while he who lacks stumbles and falls.