One day, a teacher entered his classroom and asked his students to prepare for a surprise test.
They all waited anxiously at their desks for the exam to begin.
The teacher handed out the exams with the text facing down, as usual.
Once he handed them all out, he asked the students to turn over the papers.
To everyone's surprise, there were no questions- just a black dot in the center of the paper.
The teacher, seeing the expression on everyone's faces, told them the following:"I want you to
write about what you see on the paper."
The students, confused, got started on he task.
At the end of the class, the teacher took all of the exams and started reading each one of them
out loud in front of all the students.
All of them, with no exception, defined the black dot, trying to explain its position in the
center of the sheet.
After all had been read, the teacher started to explain:" I'm not going to grade you on this, I
just wanted to give you something to think about. No one wrote about the white part of the paper.
Everyone focused on the black dot—— and the same thing happens in our lives.
However, we insist on focusing only on the black dot—— the health issues that bother us, the lack
of money, the complicated relationship with a family member, the disappointment with a friend.
The dark spots are very small when compared to everything we have in our lives, but they are the
ones that pollute our minds.
Take your eyes away from the black dots in your lives.
Enjoy each one of your blessings, each moment that life gives you."