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DIGITAL RESOURCES
Everything for the Best 5
This is a motivational story with a moral for its readers. A motivational story encourages readers to always look
at the bright side of the most trying circumstances. Such stories provide a boost of positivity and often contain
pearls of wisdom. They are able to provide guidance and relief in situations of great distress. Sometimes, readers
may find in them life lessons to guide them through problems that they may be facing in their own lives.
In ancient times there was a rich and powerful king who ruled over
a vast kingdom. Pratap Singh was his advisor as well as close friend.
Caravan-loads brought daily wealth into his capital and his kingdom
was well administered by his ministers under the guidance of Pratap
Singh. The only irritation the king sometimes suffered was to see the
ills of famine, epidemic and wars which men seemed unable to avoid.
He could not reconcile this with Pratap Singh’s oft-repeated belief
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deal with two opposite that everything is for the best. When challenged, the minister would
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ideas reply that such burdens ennoble man’s nature and teach him wisdom,
make noble so bringing mankind slowly towards perfection.
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