One day lived a
man of great selfishness. His love for his own possession out did his love for
his own family, which profoundly cost him. He lived in a small house with his
wife and daughter and made a small profit. They did not have much but the
support from each other. He was a good man; many admired and adored him. He was
humble and kind-hearted. After many year of doing the same boring job, the man
dragged himself to the same place doing the same thing, but this time he came
across a strange figure. The stranger asked for some money for exchange of a
small gift. He did not have much to give but he gave what he had. He did not
want the man’s gift, for he did not want to take something from someone who
already didn’t have anything. The stranger insisted on it as a token of
gratitude, and with respect the man took it and thanked him. He opened the
small box on his way to work and there he found a small diamond that looked
plastic. It was nice and he was grateful for it and kept it. On the way home that night he found his life
to be very boring. He did not make enough to support his family, he was not
able to do the things he wanted, he was not happy. His feelings surfaced his
eyes as he started to weep. Oddly enough his tears were not wet, but heavy. He
opened his eyes and looked down to where his tears would have fallen and saw
something small and quite shiny. He bent down to see what is possibly could be.
He observed his “tears” and only found diamonds. The man cried diamonds. He
could finally be a rich man. He ran home in excitement and showed his wife and
daughter his new discovery. They were over joyed, as they knew their lives
would be well now. The man cried and cried
and cried making mountains of diamonds. Their lives were new and they became
very wealthy. They could now have a big house with full meals and servants and
anything they wished for. This was a blessing and a curse. The kind-hearted
humble man now became selfish. His heart was no longer soft but hard. He walked
ostentatiously and saw himself higher than others. He did not see the needs of
others but only saw his new wealth. He found that the world was finally good to
him. One night he tried to cry more diamonds, but they would not come out.
There was nothing to cry about anymore, he had a good life. He tried and tried
but nothing. Nothing could make him cry. He thought for days but could not come
up with any reason to cry, except one. His selfishness consumed him so he
decided it must be done. One cold winter night him, his wife, and his daughter
sat around a fire. His wife and daughter prayed to God thanking him for the
riches He gave them, but the man on the other hand did not. While the daughter
and wife were praying, the man silently got up. He got up behind them and stabbed
his wife first. The daughter in shock, started crying and looked her father in
the eye knowing she was next. The eyes she use to look at when he taught her
how to walk, how to write, how to love, have now gone black. She saw no soul
inside him. He killed her next. The man held both his most beloved wife in one
arm and his daughter in the other as he sat on a pile of diamonds.
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