Posted on 06/23/2019 3:53:53 PM PDT by Kaslin
One of my friends once told me a story that perfectly captures our human tendency to remain unhappy and unsatisfied, no matter what we accomplish in life.
My friend went on vacation to Florida to visit his elderly father. At his father’s request, they had gone to the greyhound races, where people would bet on which dogs would win against the other canine competitors (a sport that Florida voters recently decided to phase out by the end of 2020). These big, sleek animals have bodies like missiles and are natural hunters who can reach amazing speeds of 20, 30, or even 40 miles an hour.
My friend does not gamble, and he did not really like seeing animals put in that kind of competitive, high-stakes situation. Nevertheless, he admired their graceful beauty as they streaked around the dirt track, chasing a mechanical rabbit that always remained ahead of them.
But that day, something strange happened. The dogs were lined up and positioned to race, contained in gated lanes until the bell sounded as the mechanical rabbit darted past them.
Only this time something went wrong.
The rabbit zoomed by, and the dogs dashed from their lanes, but then about a hundred yards later the mechanized bunny malfunctioned and came to a screeching halt. All the spectators gasped and most, including my friend, probably expected the dogs to pounce on the fake rabbit and tear it to bits. But that did not happen. Instead, the poor pups became utterly confused and did not know what to do with themselves!
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Sounds like EBRO to me.
Interesting this would be found on Fox news. Would any other news organization ever publish a similar article? True, why must our happiness be contingent on something else, something we may have no control over? Humans are never content, it is something I have to relearn each and every day. But then again, what is life without those “if only’s” and what would it be if empty of everything else?
The dreams of happiness are rarely, if ever, fulfilled by things. They are fulfilled by accomplishments, and once you stop desiring accomplishments then satisfaction begins to wane as well. Never rest on your laurels, is the moral of the story.
I am barely able to quote anything about Islam, but there was one I'll never forget:
"When Allah curses you, he makes your dreams come TRUE."
The reason WHY I don't know, but in a disturbing number of cases, somehow this appears true.
I just ordered the book...anyone read it?
Looks like a paradigm breaker...
Second fastest dog in the world is a Doberman and many people do not know that until it is too late.
Zygmunt Piotrowski used to say all the time “we love the pursuit of objects much more than we love the objects themselves”.....
Was it worth it?
A guy I met had a pair of Scottish deerhounds that he said actually ran down a deer on his father’s farm. They look like big, hairy greyhounds.
Sorry to be a spoilsport but I suspect this didn’t actually happen. I’ve heard messages from Pastors before where something fictitious is presented as true to create a message and it really bothers me when I google information and find out it never happened. I’ve googled information on this and don’t find it. Yet I can’t help to think that this would be a story that would be in some Florida paper. Truth should always be paramount.
“”The dreams of happiness are rarely, if ever, fulfilled by things.””
Well said!
“In life there are many paths, all leading nowhere. Only, you must walk the path with ‘heart’.”
“Leading nowhere” — If our goal is the accumulation of things, say, a new car, a bigger house, more power, we will be disappointed as we find the delight of the ‘thing’ is temporary and soon becomes ordinary. We are fulfilled by the way we walk the path, that is, ‘with heart.’
Not sure why, but the old C&W song “Thank God and Greyhound You’re Gone” immediately popped into my mind.
here’s what really happens when the greyhounds catch the rabbit.
They wag their tails with glee.
“Thank God and Greyhound You’re Gone!”
“The dreams of happiness are rarely, if ever, fulfilled by things. They are fulfilled by accomplishments”
Happiness comes from self-sacrifice, particularly on behalf of those you love.
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