The Mullah Nasrudin was eating a bunch of chillies, eating one after the other, until his face was red, his eyes were streaming and his nose was running. That is what happens when you eat too many hot chillies. He was still munching those chillies when someone came up and asked him, "Why are you eating so many hot chillies? Mullah Nasrudin said, "I"m looking for the sweet one."
This is what people do in life, whether it's a relationship, a place, or a job - even some monks looking for a monastery - they're still looking for the sweet one! Of course, there is no sweet one. Chillies are chillies, they are all hot and it's a waste of time to keep eating, eating, looking for the sweet one in life.
~ Ajahn Brahm ~
(From his book "Simply This Moment")
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