Angel's Lily

Author: Russel Conwell
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: A life lesson filled with wisdom and philosophy, a classic fable that interprets happiness and metaphorizes life. The Angel's Lily tells a fable where the Persian Caliph, weary of the luxury and indulgence bestowed by his reign, prays to the manager of heaven to become an unknown common citizen, seeking the joy and comfort of a simple life. That very night, in a poor village in Boza, a beggar also prays to the manager of heaven for the comfort and enjoyment of the Caliph. Thus, the manager of heaven summons two beautiful angels, who plant a lily from heaven between the Caliph's palace in Baghdad and the beggar's hut in Boza, and call for them to meet at the lily planted by the angels. At the "Angel's Lily," these two people meet, they find their own happiness, no longer troubled by their original desires, and live a tranquil, stable, and pure life. This fable has been passed down through the ages, becoming a classic philosophical story that interprets happiness and metaphorizes life, warning all those who wish to achieve success in their careers and those who wish to live a happy life to stop at the "Angel's Lily." No matter what you do, you must not go too far, exceed the limits, or cross the boundaries of the "Angel's Lily," because angels always plant the glorious and pure lilies in their hands between greed and waste, arrogance and self-abandonment, laziness and overwork, clarity and sleep, poverty and wealth, weakness and recklessness, hatred and worship, stupidity and madness, giants and dwarfs. Let us meet at the "Angel's Lily," and bless all our dear friends and relatives to stop at the "Angel's Lily!"