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If you're not satisfied with your life, then watch this video until the end.
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This story is going to change your life.
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Once upon a time, a crow was very unhappy with his life.
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One day he started crying while sitting on a tree.
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A monk was sitting under the tree.
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Just then, a drop of the crow's tears fell on the monk's cheek.
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The monk raised his head and saw that the crow was crying.
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The monk asked, why are you crying?
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The crow said, oh wise one, I'm very upset with my life.
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No one loves me.
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People shoo me away in disgrace and don't give me anything to eat.
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Everyone hates me.
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Death is better than such a life.
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Hearing the crow's words, the monk's heart was filled with compassion.
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He said we should learn to be happy in whatever condition we are in.
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But the crow didn't understand the monk's words and kept crying.
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The monk said, don't be upset.
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Don't be upset.
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Tell me what do you want to be.
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I can make you that with my mantra.
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The crow became happy and said, Oh, blessed one, if you want to do me a favor, then please make me a swan.
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He said, okay, I will make you a swan.
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But first go to a swan and ask whether he is happy with his life or not.
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You go and find out, and until then I will wait for you here.
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The crow happily flew away to meet a swan.
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The swan was swimming in a pond.
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He went to the swan and said, how beautiful you are.
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You are as white as milk.
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Everyone loves you.
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You must be the happiest bird in the world.
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The swan said, no, my friend, I'm not happy.
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There are so many beautiful colors in the world, but I don't have any colors.
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White is nothing.
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I think the parrot must be the happiest bird in the world.
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It's so colorful.
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Hearing this, the crow flew away and reached the parrot.
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Oh parrot, he said, you are so colourful and beautiful.
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You must be the happiest bird in the world.
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No, my friend, I'm not happy.
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People keep parrots in cages.
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I'm always afraid that someone may hold me and lock me in a cage.
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I think the peacock is the happiest one.
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He is more colorful than me.
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Hearing this, the crow flew around looking for a peacock.
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He finally found a peacock in a cage in a zoo.
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Hundreds of people had gathered to see him.
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After they left, he approached the peacock and said, dear peacock, you are so beautiful.
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Thousands of people come to see you.
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Look at me when they see me, they immediately shoo me away.
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I think you are the happiest bird on the planet." The peacock replied, I always thought I was the most beautiful and happiest bird on the planet,
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but because of my beauty I'm entrapped in this zoo.
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When people pluck my colorful feathers to make decorative things, it hurts a lot.
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I'm not happy, my friend.
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The crow was surprised to hear this from the peacock.
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He asked him, If you are not happy, then who is the happiest bird in the world?
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The peacock said.
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I have examined the zoo very carefully and realized that you, the crow, are the only bird not kept in a cage.
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People don't try to catch or entrap you.
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For the past few days I have been thinking that if I were a crow I could happily roam everywhere.
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I could be free.
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Hearing this he came back to the monk.
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For the first time the crow was happy to be a crow.
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He said, Oh wise one, I don't want to be anything else.
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I'm fine as I am.
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In our lives we often make unnecessary comparisons with others, become sad and curse ourselves.
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This leads to a vicious cycle of unhappiness.
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You should learn to be happy with what you have instead of looking at what you don't have.
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There will always be someone who has more or less than you do.
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If you keep comparing yourself with others, you will never be happy.
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A person who is satisfied with what they have is the happiest person in the world.
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Don't compare yourself to anyone in life.
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If you do so, you are the saddest person in the world.

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